LITTLE DRUMMER: or, Filial Affection. A Story of the Russian Campaign. Illustrated by John Gilbert, The.
by [Nieritz, Karl Gustav 1795-1896]
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: G. Routledge & Co, 1856. Translated by [assumed H. D. (H.W. Dulken)], preface by. Illustrated by Engraved frontis and three additional plates with tissue guards. Later edition. (from the Jugendschriften of Gustav Nieritz). Original royal blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine, topboard gilt print, yellow eps. 16mo (16cm). pp. 192. Good/No jacket, as issued/In mylar protector. Cap and corner chipping, joints rubbed, several scuffs to boards. Ink owner and oval remnant ffep, partial bookseller ticket front pastedown. Assorted small stains and foxing on 65% of contents (including 3/4 plates), 4 straightened dogears. Hinges tight with a bright spine. Appropriate juvenile historical fiction reading copy..
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- Bookseller
- OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OWBLIT115041
- Title
- LITTLE DRUMMER: or, Filial Affection. A Story of the Russian Campaign. Illustrated by John Gilbert, The.
- Author
- [Nieritz, Karl Gustav 1795-1896]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: G. Routledge & Co, 1856.
- Keywords
- Filial piety, Napoleonic Wars 1800-15, Sir John Gilbert 1817-1897
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Point of Sale (by phone or fax), Checks, MO, drafts in US Funds. MA residents invoiced 6.25% Sales Tax. We cost (drop) ship world-wide via USPS, but will ship via other specified carriers and by your account number via pick-up service. We ship promptly in professional packaging. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages including book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Notify us of intent to return within 3 days of receipt in original packaging and matching post. On March 31 2018 (9-3) we will be at Flamingo Eventz Boxborough (MA) Paper Town with bindings and cards. Hope to see you there
About the Seller
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Biblio member since 2004
West Brookfield, Massachusetts
About OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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