WESTWARD HO! OR, THE ADVENTURES OF SIR AMYAS LEIGH, KNIGHT, OF BURROUGH, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON IN THE REIGN OF HER MOST GLORIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH
by Kingsley, Charles; Wyeth, N.C. [Illustrated by]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Octavo, 413 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show moderate wear exteriorly including light sunning, some scuffs and few soiling smudges. Mild edge wear. Pictorial paper label to the front. Text block has slight age toning to the edges with slight soiling interiorly. Deckled fore edge. Pictorial end papers. Cracked rear hinge. Illustrated with color plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1375971. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1375971
- Title
- WESTWARD HO! OR, THE ADVENTURES OF SIR AMYAS LEIGH, KNIGHT, OF BURROUGH, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON IN THE REIGN OF HER MOST GLORIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles; Wyeth, N.C. [Illustrated by]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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About the Seller
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- Cloth
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- Fore Edge
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- Spine
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- Cracked
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- Hinge
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- Text Block
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- Gilt
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
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