THE RELUCTANT EMPRESS.
by HAMANN, Brigitte. Translated from the German by, HEIN, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1986. . First edition, 8vo.,pp. xii,410, hardcover, with cream cloth spine and gilt lettering, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece, family tree to endpapers; light toning to edges of boards and edges of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed and toned to extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38154
- Title
- THE RELUCTANT EMPRESS.
- Author
- HAMANN, Brigitte. Translated from the German by, HEIN, Ruth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1986.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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YORK, North Yorkshire
About MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
Our extensive stock of antiquarian and second-hand books is housed over five floors of a Georgian town house and covers most subject areas. We are situated opposite York Minster and open 7 days. We have particularly strong holdings of Children's and Illustrated books, English Literature and History.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....