Ireland, as I Saw It: The Character, Condition, and Prospects of the People
by Balch, Wm. S. [William Stevens]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Lyon, 1852. Third edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Bound in contemporary brown quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering, 4 raised bands at spine. Vg condition. Prev. owner's name/inscription inside front board. Light interior foxing, chiefly to opening & closing pgs, contents otherwise clean, no markings, no brittleness to pgs; binding & hinges firm. Board edges moderately rubbed; reconditioned leather supple & smooth, minimally worn; gilt spine lettering sharp & bright. 432 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Tiber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1160505.07
- Title
- Ireland, as I Saw It: The Character, Condition, and Prospects of the People
- Author
- Balch, Wm. S. [William Stevens]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Publisher
- New York: Henry Lyon
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- 19th, Biography, Century, History, Ireland, Irish, Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / Ireland & Scotland;
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Tiber Books
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Upperco, Maryland
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- VG
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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