I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter's Tales. By Q.
by [Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas ]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Half brown calf and boards, gilt spine. Fine. Bookplate of Sir W.G. Gordon Cummings. Label from Morgan's Department Store, Montr
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, 1892. First Edition. 303pp. 8vo. Half brown calf and boards, gilt spine. Fine. Bookplate of Sir W.G. Gordon Cummings. Label from Morgan's Department Store, Montreal. First Edition. 303pp. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 301155
- Title
- I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter's Tales. By Q.
- Author
- [Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas ]
- Format/Binding
- 303pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Half brown calf and boards, gilt spine. Fine. Bookplate of Sir W.G. Gordon Cummings. Label from Morgan's Department Store, Montr
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
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About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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- Calf
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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