Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, As Set Forth by His Own Hand
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. First one-volume edition. Xvi, 336 pages + 16 pages advertisements dated January 1889 + frontis + 28 plates + slip tipped in to "List of Illustrations". Bevel-edged boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Ends of spine rubbed. Signature on front endpaper dated 1889. Hinges cracked internally. Top page edges dusty. Binding shaky. ; 12mo .
Synopsis
A book that discribes the life of Cleopatra.
Reviews
On Nov 20 2022, a reader said:
I really enjoyed this book and the style of the text! Interesting writing, I'd love to have one in a little better condition! Awesome read though I love the old style!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000184
- Title
- Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, As Set Forth by His Own Hand
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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