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The Tower: The Tumultuous History of the Tower of London from 1078 to the
by Wilson, Colin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 068416261X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684162614
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Foreword by Major-General W. D. M. Raeburn. Illustration section of twenty-seven plates; seven drawings of the tower at different time periods. Red full cloth binding, gilt titled; very clean and unmarked; lower edge rubbed with one tiny spot near spine heel rubbed through cloth. Tight sewn binding, solid, square. Front endpaper has a half circle stain, like a coffee stain, on the fore-edge, less than an inch long. All other pages very clean and completely unmarked. Black jacket with red and white lettering and illustration of the tower is clean, rubbed, light compression of spine head/heel, unclipped. Fore edge of page block has a small faint mark near the upper corner. 257 pages with Notes and Index. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 1979, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019748
- Title
- The Tower: The Tumultuous History of the Tower of London from 1078 to the
- Author
- Wilson, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 068416261X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684162614
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- LONDON TOWER OF HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Gilt
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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