Tales of All Countries
by Anthony Trollope
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$250.13A$225.12
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About This Item
London : Chapman & Hall , 1864 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Marcus Stone. A first single volume edition of Trollope's Tales of All Countries, with a frontispiece. Noted in Sadleir's definitive bibliography of Trollope as the first single volume edition of the work, and the first to feature this frontispiece illustration from Marcus Stone. This volume contains seventeen short stories which are set in various locations around the world. Some of the stories are The O'Conors of Castle Conor, Aaron Trow and Returning Home.Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant, writing novel on political, social and gender issues and other matters. With a frontispiece.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 857B74
- Title
- Tales of All Countries
- Author
- Anthony Trollope
- Illustrator
- Marcus Stone
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Tales of All Countries Anthony Trollope tales Anthony Trollope
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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