A History of Venice
by Norwich, John Julius
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394524101
- ISBN 13
- 9780394524108
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1982. 673 pp. Deep blue and gilt boards with gold lettering on the spine only. Boards have very slight shelf wear to the extremities. Unclipped, pictoral dust jacket has former seller's sticker on front flap. Jacket is soemwhat toned. Author photo on the back flap. Binding is square. While endpapers are lightly toned, and page edges very lightly foxed, interior pages are clean and unmarked. Chockful of illustrations and maps.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033764
- Title
- A History of Venice
- Author
- Norwich, John Julius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394524101
- ISBN 13
- 9780394524108
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Italy, Norwich, European History
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...