A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry
by Mackay, Charles (Comp)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Son, 1896 Copy in decorated calf with gilt armourial on cover and gilt title and decoration on spine. Spine lightly sunned. Corners lightly bumped. Marbled end papers and folio edges. Remnants of bookplate on front paste down. Cracks in front and rear hinges. Clean contents.
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- Bookseller
- Balfour Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025303
- Title
- A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry
- Author
- Mackay, Charles (Comp)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Twenty-Third Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry Charles Mackay 1896 George Routledge
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