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QUO VADIS, a Narrative of the Time of Nero...a New Edition with Maps of Ancient Rome, and Photogravures from Pictures by Howard Pyle, Edmund H. Garrett, and Evert Van Muyden, and from Ancient Sculptures, TWO VOLUMES.
by Sienkiewicz, Henryck 1846-1916
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown & Co. (University Press, John Wilson & Sons, Cambridge), 1897. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin from the Polish. Illustrated by Double titled-tissue port frontis and all plates in remarque throughout, maps (16 and. Stated New Illustrated edition. c.1896. 248/250. Full vellum, gilt decorated topboard and spine, t.e.g., handmade uncut paper. 8vo. pp. x, map, 355; vi, map, 352. Near Fine. Slight gilt loss to spine and vellum pucker to Volume II. Internally fine paper and second plates although first plate and tissues are toned..
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- Bookseller
- OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OWBQUO117419
- Title
- QUO VADIS, a Narrative of the Time of Nero...a New Edition with Maps of Ancient Rome, and Photogravures from Pictures by Howard Pyle, Edmund H. Garrett, and Evert Van Muyden, and from Ancient Sculptures, TWO VOLUMES.
- Author
- Sienkiewicz, Henryck 1846-1916
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little Brown & Co. (University Press, John Wilson & Sons, Cambridge), 1897.
- Keywords
- "Where are you marching or where are you going or whither goest thou?" Books into Film
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Point of Sale (by phone or fax), Checks, MO, drafts in US Funds. MA residents invoiced 6.25% Sales Tax. We cost (drop) ship world-wide via USPS, but will ship via other specified carriers and by your account number via pick-up service. We ship promptly in professional packaging. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages including book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Notify us of intent to return within 3 days of receipt in original packaging and matching post. On March 31 2018 (9-3) we will be at Flamingo Eventz Boxborough (MA) Paper Town with bindings and cards. Hope to see you there
About the Seller
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Biblio member since 2004
West Brookfield, Massachusetts
About OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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