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Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life. A Two Volume Set.
by Dawson, Flora
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1864. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Editions; 8vos, in fine binding of 3/4 red leather with red linen, top-edge gilt, red/gold marbled endpapers. Good (leather darkened and worn; edgeworn; spine heads chipped; corners bumped and worn to boards; spines darkened; edges and pages toning; vI front hinge broken, ffep detached and heavily chipped and creased along bottom edge, tear to spine head; vII tear to top edge of ffep). Text clean and free of foxing. 327 + 340 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11723
- Title
- Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life. A Two Volume Set.
- Author
- Dawson, Flora
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Page 1 Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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The Special Collections Room within Page 1 Books, the largest used bookstore in Albuquerque, NM. We offer a broad selection of collectible and out-of-print books and ephemera in all genres.
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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...
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- Fine Binding
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