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The Life of Cesare Borgia
by Sabatini, Rafael
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1924-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1924 revised edition, Houghton Mifflin Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), 5 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches tall black buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, red lettering and design to spine, xvi, 449 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner bookplate to blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, apart from slight to moderate age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - in a moderately soiled, chipped and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~W~ [2.0P] Cesare Borgia (1475-1507), Duke of Valentinois, was an Italian condottiero (military leader), nobleman, politician, and cardinal with Aragonese and Italian origins, whose fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Machiavelli.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W-0591-10605
- Title
- The Life of Cesare Borgia
- Author
- Sabatini, Rafael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Date Published
- 1924-01-01
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About the Seller
Flamingo Books
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Menifee, California
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- Rubbing
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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