A Picnic in Palestine (First Edition)
by H.M. Wharton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: The Wharton & Barron Publishing Co, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Light green cloth hardcovers with gilt illustrations and black decorative stamping on front cover and spine. Decorative end-papers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. B&W photographic plates. 380pp. Covers mildly stained and spine is sunned. Front free end-paper has upper right-hand corner missing (front paste-down has some residue in left corner). Mild foxing. Binding is tight. No writing within. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 063225
- Title
- A Picnic in Palestine (First Edition)
- Author
- H.M. Wharton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Wharton & Barron Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1892
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...