Yorston's Popular History of the World - Division 1
by Corvin, Otto Von; Held, Fred W. And H. W. Dulcken - Editors
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
John C. Yorston and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Brown beveled boards with gilt lettering and black and gilt designs, both hinges cracked, top and bottom of spie, corners, edges heavily worn. Some pages with staining to edges. 236 pages. Following statement on title page " Profusely illustrated with upwards of two thousand engravings from drawings and paintings by Albrecht Durer, Vandyke, L. Alma Tadema, Gustave Dore, .....together with a series of beautiful colored maps". 6 fold-out maps. Volume 1 only
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- Karl W. Theis & Sons (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026428
- Title
- Yorston's Popular History of the World - Division 1
- Author
- Corvin, Otto Von; Held, Fred W. And H. W. Dulcken - Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John C. Yorston and Company
- Date Published
- 1884
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