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Letters to His Son on the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, Two Volumes Complete
by Chesterfield, Earl of
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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AURORA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901. Hardcover. Near Fine. Washington DC: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901. Near Fine. IUniversal Classics Library, each volume with photogravure frontis on Japan vellum, plus one other photogravure plate. Each illustration with tissue guard. Title page decorated with ornate red border. Each volume with personal bookplate inside the front cover and no other markings. Pages bright an clear. Bound in green cloth with sharp corners, paper spine labels are intact with some of the lettering faded. Edition DeLuxe. Top edge gold, other edges rough-cut.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Aurora
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9501
- Title
- Letters to His Son on the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, Two Volumes Complete
- Author
- Chesterfield, Earl of
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- M. Walter Dunne, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1901
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- History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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AURORA, Ohio
About Books of Aurora
Selling books since 1978. Member of ABA, GLBA, NOBS and ABC.
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- Fine
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- Vellum
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- Plate
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- Bookplate
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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