A Motor-Flight Through France
by Wharton, Edith
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Arlington Hts, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. Illustrated with photographs. Green cloth with gilt titles. Top edges gilt. Same date on copyright and title pages. Two previous owners' signatures on front free endpaper. Approximately 2" triangular (light) damp stain to last half of text block at top inner edge and another similar stain on first 20 pages at bottom front inner edge. Neither one of these areas affect text or illustrations. Front hinge just starting to weaken. Overall, a nice first edition copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1908.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Plain Tales Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023507
- Title
- A Motor-Flight Through France
- Author
- Wharton, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Pages
- 201
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Plain Tales Books
Check, money order or credit card (via Biblio or PayPal. Returns accepted with prior notification within ten days of receipt if not as described
About the Seller
Plain Tales Books
Biblio member since 2005
Arlington Hts, Illinois
About Plain Tales Books
Plain Tales Books was started in 1984. General used stock with areas of interest in the book arts, typography, printing, architecture, Easton Press, Franklin Library, Folio Society. Owner: Tom Zimmerman
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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