His Majesty of Corsica: The True Story of the Adventurous Life of Theodore 1st
by PIRIE, Valerie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939.. First American edition. 8vo. 1 page preface by the author. Frontispiece and 31 b/w plates. Original gilt stamped blue pebbled cloth. Very good. 400 pages. No dust jacket. Bookplate of Irish prelate Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306593
- Title
- His Majesty of Corsica: The True Story of the Adventurous Life of Theodore 1st
- Author
- PIRIE, Valerie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939.
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About the Seller
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...