St. Helena 1502-1938
by Gosse, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1938). Second Printing. Hardcover. xiv, [2 (recto - map "St Helena"; verso - blank)], 447, [1 (blank)] pages + colour frontispiece + 31 illustrations on 12 plate leaves. 1 in-text illustration. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 210 x 137mm. Illustrated endpapers. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19229
- Title
- St. Helena 1502-1938
- Author
- Gosse, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1938)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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