An Illustrated Catalogue of Rare Books on the East Indies and A Letter To A Friend by H.M. Tomlinson.
by Tomlinson (H.M.)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Java Head Bookshop, 1932. First edition.. Fine. Yellow printed boards, cloth spine with paper label. Illustrated with plates. Slight discoloration of end papers, faint wear to the spine label, a fine copy. Laid in is the original sales receipt from Bertram Rota dated 1932, also a customs form for the book's importation into San Francisco. A mostly unopened copy. This is the special edition, copy #28 of 165 numbered copies.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56575
- Title
- An Illustrated Catalogue of Rare Books on the East Indies and A Letter To A Friend by H.M. Tomlinson.
- Author
- Tomlinson (H.M.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Java Head Bookshop, 1932. First edition.
Terms of Sale
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Established 1976. Open shop in Victoria BC, Open Wed-Sun 11-5. Specialists in weird, fantastic, supernatural,utopian, interplanetary, science fiction and lost race fiction; also rare books, literary first editions, poetry broadsides. Antiquarian maps, charts, views, prints, engravings.
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- Fine
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- Unopened
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