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Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe
by Snowman, Kenneth A
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1966. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1966. Folio, 10 1/4" x 12 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with two-hundred-and-twenty-nine full page plates, of which eighty five are in color - reproducing seven-hundred and fifty figures.. Foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell, and an Appendix by F J B Watson. Green cloth with gilt spine titles in black block, top edge gilting. Near fine, clean, crisp, bright, unmarked in very good, unclipped dust jacket with a few short, closed tears, light edgewear. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009975
- Title
- Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe
- Author
- Snowman, Kenneth A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Boston Book and Art Shop
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- Folio
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- Antiques & Collectibles;
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