The Great Stone of Sardis: Biographical Edition.
by Stockton, Frank R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1899.. 8vo., 230 pp., Very Good, Decorative Green Cloth, some sun-fading, minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; some staining in text block, on end papers & edges of text block; pencil scribbles on end papers; shelf wear. Photograph of Stockton on Frontispiece. Provenance: John Ruyle (bookplate); previous owner's signature on end paper. Mylar Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16-1962
- Title
- The Great Stone of Sardis: Biographical Edition.
- Author
- Stockton, Frank R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1899.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Linguistics;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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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...
- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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