Coming Down the Seine
by Gibbings, Robert, Illustrated by Robert Gibbings
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1953. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red boards w/gilt inlaid design & lettering, internally crisp, tight, clean, bright, squared, owner's ex-librus on rear pastedown, pictoral dj. slight chipping, wear, rubbing to edges, cover, spine & corners but very smooth & intact, WONDERFUL woodcuts by Robert Gibbings! Nice clean, solid copy 217pp. PRICE UNCLIPPED . 1953.
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- Julie's Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 011245
- Title
- Coming Down the Seine
- Author
- Gibbings, Robert, Illustrated by Robert Gibbings
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: E. P. Dutton, 1953
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- TRAVEL-EXPLORATION-HUMOR-SEINE RIVER, FRANCE, STATUE OF SEQUENA, GROTTO, D IJON, PARIS, CLOCHARDS, MONKS, NUNS, CONVERSATIONS, CULTURE, PEOPLE. GIBBIN GS, ROBERT-ARTIST, WOOD ENGRAVINGS, ILLUSTRATOR. ROBERT-"COMING DOWN THE SE INE" ROBERT GIBBIN
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- Tight
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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