The Rulers of the South. Sicily, Calabria, Malta ( 2 Volumes ) Vol. 1
by Francis Marion Crawford
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G to Vg
- Seller
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Colombies, France
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1900. Cloth. G to Vg. Bound in half blue calf leather and paler blue cloth, raised bands, 4 spine panels filled with an intricate gold design, endpapers made of royal blue marble paper with "veins" in blue and very pale grey, gilded page edges, frontis engraving "Scylla", 13 other engraved plates, 2 maps, 391pp. One corner bumped, surface of board cloth slightly scuffed. Condition of text and illustrations is vg. Owner's name on front fly leaf.
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- Bookseller
- Northgate Books
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4819
- Title
- The Rulers of the South. Sicily, Calabria, Malta ( 2 Volumes ) Vol. 1
- Author
- Francis Marion Crawford
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - G to Vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Northgate Books
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Northgate Books
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Colombies
About Northgate Books
French and English secondhand and antiquarian books.
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- G
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- Calf
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- Spine
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- VG
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- Raised Band(s)
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