Peter the Great of Russia at Zaandam and Amsterdam (1697 - 1698)
by Balbian Verster, J.F.L. De
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Netherlands Historical Shipping Museum, 1924. Quarto, pp 14, with two plates and a vignette portrait title page, original cloth backed boards, rather rubbed and marked. Hinge at title page cracked. Signed by author in pencil on the front endpaper. very scarce. [Presented to the Congress of Americanists on their trip through the port of Amsterdam, to Zandaam and its environs, at the invitation of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society, Friday 15th August, 1924.]. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004647
- Title
- Peter the Great of Russia at Zaandam and Amsterdam (1697 - 1698)
- Author
- Balbian Verster, J.F.L. De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Netherlands Historical Shipping Museum
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- HISTORY RUSSIA. RUSSIAN HISTORY. TSAR. TSARS. CZAR. CZARS. DUTCH NETHERLANDS. HOLLAND.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Maritime;
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- Cracked
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- Quarto
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- Title Page
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Vignette
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- First Edition
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