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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, etc
by Hawks, Francis Lister
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macdonald & Co. Ltd.. Poor with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardback. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, heavy water damage to rear board & final 40 pages, frontis portrait, illustrations, binding firm, poor copy, reading copy only. ; 6.5" x 9.5"; 305 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29198
- Title
- Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, etc
- Author
- Hawks, Francis Lister
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
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Walden Books
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London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Poor
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- Jacket
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