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Odd Bits of History, Being Short Chapters Intended to Fill Some Blanks (Signed copy)
by Henry William Wolff
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1894. First Edition. . Hardback. Good. First edition. Hardback, bound in blue cloth with gilt titling and design to the spine and upper board. 23 × 14.5cm, 267pp. This copy has been signed and dedicated to the title page by Henry W Wolff, and dated 1896. Eight essays by Henry Wolff that had previously been published in journals such as The Gentleman's Magazine etc. They all have a historical flavour, with subjects such as Richard de la Pole, Voltaire, the Royal Family, and so on. Henry William Wolff (1840-1931) was a British co-operative activist and in 1895 was a founder of the International Co-operative Alliance, serving as its joint president until 1907. Condition: A good reading copy. The blue cloth boards are rubbed and bumped and the inner binding is a little strained in places but the book remains in good readable condition.
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- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012834
- Title
- Odd Bits of History, Being Short Chapters Intended to Fill Some Blanks (Signed copy)
- Author
- Henry William Wolff
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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