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RAMBLES AND REFLECTIONS FROM BISCAY TO THE BLACK SEA AND FROM AETNA TO THE NORTH CAPE WITH GLIMPSES AT ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND THE ISLANDS OF THE SEA.
by Clayton, Thomas Jefferson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Chester, PA: Self Published (Press of the Delaware County Republican). Very Good. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1/2 leather over clean green cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine & front cover. (xxviii) , 442pp. Decorated endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Inscribed by author. Includes a biographical sketch of the Clayton family & full-page plate with the Coat of Arms. The series of letters were originally published in newspapers as the author travelled starting in 1869, 1873, 1888-1891. Spine ends rubbed. Front hinge starting 1" bottom & 1/2" top with cover firmly attached. Western Europe, Africa, Caribbean, Genealogy. ; 8vo; 442 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17387
- Title
- RAMBLES AND REFLECTIONS FROM BISCAY TO THE BLACK SEA AND FROM AETNA TO THE NORTH CAPE WITH GLIMPSES AT ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND THE ISLANDS OF THE SEA.
- Author
- Clayton, Thomas Jefferson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Self Published (Press of the Delaware County Republican)
- Place of Publication
- Chester, PA
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Europe Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- European Travel; Southern Americana;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Inscribed
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- Hinge
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- Spine
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