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Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related By Herself in Conversations With Her Physician; Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time. (3 volumes) [and] Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope Narrated by Her Physician. (3 volumes)(7 volumes total)
by Stanhope, Lady Heste and Charles Lewis Meryon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, light wear to joints, small scar to front cover of volume three of Travels, moderate foxing to endpapers and prelimin
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London.: Henry Colburn., 1845 ; 1846. First editions.. Uniformly bound in contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, spine is in 6 panels, gilt spine decorations and titles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers.. Very good, light wear to joints, small scar to front cover of volume three of Travels, moderate foxing to endpapers and preliminaries, otherwise near fine, tight and unmarked. . 12mo., 20x12.5 cm.. The travels and memoirs of the famous eccentric English woman traveler in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, in six uniformly bound volumes. Included is a good copy of the 1928 Viking edition of Martin Armstrong’s biography of Stanhope. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 7.8 lb. Engraved frontispieces, frontis is hand-colored in volume one of Memoirs.
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- Zephyr Books
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- 355489
- Title
- Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related By Herself in Conversations With Her Physician; Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time. (3 volumes) [and] Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope Narrated by Her Physician. (3 volumes)(7 volumes total)
- Author
- Stanhope, Lady Heste and Charles Lewis Meryon
- Format/Binding
- Uniformly bound in contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, spine is in 6 panels, gilt spine decoratio
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, light wear to joints, small scar to front cover of volume three of Travels, moderate foxing to endpapers and prelimin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First editions.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1845 ; 1846
- Pages
- xviii, 394: vi, 384; vii, 361, [1] : xix, 372ix, 400, viii, 423 pp.
- Size
- 12mo., 20x12.5 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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