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Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile, 1849-1850
by Nightingale, Florence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 1555842046
- ISBN 13
- 9781555842048
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. Oblong 8vo. 224 pp. Bound in full black cloth, title in gilt on cover and spine, full-color illustration pasted to front cover. Full-color frontispiece and full-color and black and white illustrations throughout. Very Good+, light rubbing to extremities, front board very slightly bowed, faded ownership stamp to lower corner of half title, internally clean, in Near Fine dust jacket with light scuffing. Very attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000911
- Title
- Letters from Egypt
- Author
- Nightingale, Florence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555842046
- ISBN 13
- 9781555842048
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Garnet Books
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Newark, New Jersey
About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Half Title
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- Cloth
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