The Last Frontier
by Powell, E. Alexander [Ownership Signature Of George Warrington Curtis]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Photographs And Folding Map. 291 Pp. Top Edge Gilt. Photographs With Loose Tissue Guards. Wear, Point Oif Fraying At Top And Another At Bottom Of Spine. Hinge Cracked Before Title Page, Twice Again Within Text, But Intact. All Gilt Presnt And Bright. Ownership Signatures Of George Warrington Curtis On Front Endpapers, One Dated 1913. Curtis Was Founder And Owner Of The Aeolian Company, And From That Fortune Built One Of The Great Estates At Southampton.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028137
- Title
- The Last Frontier
- Author
- Powell, E. Alexander [Ownership Signature Of George Warrington Curtis]
- Illustrator
- Photographs And Folding Map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa: History;
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About the Seller
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Top Edge Gilt
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