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The Rulers of the Mediterranean
by Davis, Richard Harding
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. Title page dated 1894, copyright 1893. Non-personalized inscription [Very Sincerely Yours] signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Light green cloth with a darker green reverse pattern, gilt lettering, chemise (kine of a dustjacket) in stiff red fabric with gilt spine lettering. The book has only light external wear, good hinges and a sound text block, but the bottom of the book has gotten wet - with each page having a transparent tide mark to the lower margin throughout, not affecting printed areas, with some of the red from the chemise on the endpapers. Black and white clipping of a couple in an old automobile tipped onto the rear free endpapers, pages otherwise clean with no other names or markings. The chemise is rubbed with some surface soil, no chips. Receipt dated 1948 for purchase of the signed book laid in loosely at the front.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040984
- Title
- The Rulers of the Mediterranean
- Author
- Davis, Richard Harding
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- MIDDLE EAST EGYPT MALTA TANGIER GIBRALTAR HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History, World Wars and Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- Title Page
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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