The House of Cassell: 1848-1958
by Nowell-Smith, Simon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell And Co. Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1958. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. First edition. Blue boards, gilt text to spine, near pristine. Protected, unclipped, dustjacket is bright, nicks and chips to edges, general age toning. Book is firm in binding, b&w illustrations, book plate ghost residue on front paste down, crisp interior. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .
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- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16663
- Title
- The House of Cassell: 1848-1958
- Author
- Nowell-Smith, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell And Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- John Cassell. Oscar Wilde. The Standard Of Freedom.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Crisp
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Plate
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- Jacket
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- 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....