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The Pupils of Peter the Great. A History of the Russian Court and Empire from 1697 to 1740.
by BAIN, F. Nisbet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Westminster: A. Constable & Co., 1897. First edition. Frontispiece of Peter the Great. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt lettered on front cover and spine, fore-edges untrimmed. Rarely offered title. One copy located on Worldcat. Very Good with light shelf wear, slight bubbling of cloth at front cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40613
- Title
- The Pupils of Peter the Great. A History of the Russian Court and Empire from 1697 to 1740.
- Author
- BAIN, F. Nisbet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. Constable & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Westminster
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
Biblio member since 2020
East Woodstock, Connecticut
About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
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- Worldcat
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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