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The Cumberland Letters , Being the Correspondence of Rich Dennison Cumberland & George Cumberland Between The Years 1771 & 1784
by Black, Clementina
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Martin Secker, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for previous owner bookplate, sunning to spine and lightly foxed fore edge. Gilt stamped red cloth with top edge gilt..
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8870
- Title
- The Cumberland Letters , Being the Correspondence of Rich Dennison Cumberland & George Cumberland Between The Years 1771 & 1784
- Author
- Black, Clementina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- Martin Secker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- History Biography
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- Biography;
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Spine
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- Fore Edge
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- Foxed
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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