A Scantling of Time The Story of Salisbury, Rhodesia (1890 - 1900)
by Tanser, G.H
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- VG/VG
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About This Item
Salisbury, Rhodesia: Stuart Manning (Pvt) Ltd., 1965. On title page, signed by author. Clean maroon pebbled cloth on boards with gilt titles over a grey lable; blindstamped border trim. Edges: top-edge once darker red now slightly pink; moderate foxings. Eps: map of 'The Envions of Fort Salisbury; thin vertical ex-cellotape residue to fep & rep. Half-title page an inscribed paragraph To: Christopher Tanser, 1982, Grandpa Merry Christmas 1982. Frontis: glossy b/w drawing profile of Robert Albert Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1890, after whom Salisbury was named. Few only faint foxings to just a few pages margins. B/w glossy illustrations. Binding is As New. 276p Dj: clean jacket. Two thin blue horizontal lines to top and bottom of jacket. Light crease to head of spine.. Signed by Author. Deluxe Edition. HB. VG/VG.
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- BOOKMARK Ltd
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- Title
- A Scantling of Time The Story of Salisbury, Rhodesia (1890 - 1900)
- Author
- Tanser, G.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- Deluxe Edition
- Publisher
- Stuart Manning (Pvt) Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Salisbury, Rhodesia
- Date Published
- 1965
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