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A Great Man's Friendship: Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Mary, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1850- 1852
by Lady Burghclere (Winifred Burghclere), editor
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 342 pages with index, illustrated with tissue protected color frontispiece and black and white plates. Also includes a short biography of Lady Salisbury. Black cloth binding with blue titles on spine. Cover stained and spotted, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, titles a little affected by stains, hinges a bit weak, some tanning of interior pages, especially black and white plates, which are a bit wrinkled. Second plate is detached and laid in, showing some wear along edges and with crease in inner bottom corner, book seller's sticker on back fixed end paper "Bretano's, New York," binding otherwise tight.
Measures 5 1/2 x 9 inches.
Measures 5 1/2 x 9 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00723
- Title
- A Great Man's Friendship
- Author
- Lady Burghclere (Winifred Burghclere), editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Payson & Clarke Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- biography, memoir, letters, correspondence,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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