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Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life, The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago
by Yaggy, L W, And T L Haines
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago : Western Publishing House, 1883. Early Edition . Quarter Leather, Gilt. Very Good. Plates and Illustrations Throughout. 944 Pp. Publisher's Leather Spine And Tips, Pebbled Cloth Covers, Gilt, Marbled Endpapers, Marbled Edges Of Page Block. First Published 1880, This Being An 1883 Reprint. Massive Overview. Published For Sale By Subscription. No Names Or Marks. Wear, All Gilt Brilliant, Cloth On Front Cover Just Beginning To Loosen At Lower Left Edge And Upper Corner, 1/2" Tear To Leather At Top Of Front Spine Edge, Browning To Tissue Guards, Slight Foxing.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- 053464
- Title
- Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life, The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago
- Author
- Yaggy, L W, And T L Haines
- Illustrator
- Plates and Illustrations Throughout
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather, Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Western Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1883
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greece, Italy, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Pebbled
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