JOHN NIXON. Pioneer of the Steam Coal Trade in South Wales. A Memoir
by NIXON, John: VINCENT, James Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- 8vo, 245pp, with a portrait frontispiece. A good hardback copy in embossed green boards with wear and rubbing mainly to extremi
- Seller
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Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
John Murray, London. 1899. 8vo, 245pp, with a portrait frontispiece. A good hardback copy in embossed green boards with wear and rubbing mainly to extremities. Spine fading. Foxing and tanning to fore edges, and with foxing to endpapers and prelims. Previous owner's bookplate and with contemporary cuttings folded and glued into front endpaper and to rear. Occassional light pencil marking.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sainsburys Books Pty Ltd (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94979
- Title
- JOHN NIXON. Pioneer of the Steam Coal Trade in South Wales. A Memoir
- Author
- NIXON, John: VINCENT, James Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used - 8vo, 245pp, with a portrait frontispiece. A good hardback copy in embossed green boards with wear and rubbing mainly to extremi
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray, London. 1899
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About the Seller
Sainsburys Books Pty Ltd
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Camberwell, Victoria
About Sainsburys Books Pty Ltd
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