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History of the Life-Boat and its Work
by Lewis, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Defective copy, lacking the frontispiece and upper 45mm of the title leaf. With loss of the three words "HISTORY OF THE" from the title page. Cloth torn along 80% of front joint and some of rear joint, with amateur glue repair to spine. Previous owner's names and addresses. "Wreck Chart" folding map is poor, with tears and adhesive tape repairs and adhesive tape stains.; 226, [1], [1 (blank)] pages + 8 plate leaves + 1 folding map "Wreck Chart of the British Isles" + 56 pages advertisements. Other illustrations within the paginated leaves (2 full page). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, circular gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 189 x 124mm. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23737
- Title
- History of the Life-Boat and its Work
- Author
- Lewis, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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