The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985 - (Three Volumes, complete)
by Oxford Press
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0198653050
- ISBN 13
- 9780198653059
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1992. Volumes are bound in green cloth, with gilt stamping. A handsome three volume set of this rather massive work by the University Press. 1090pp./1091-2139pp./2141-3334pp. Tight, clean set. . First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- abookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5004602
- Title
- The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985 - (Three Volumes, complete)
- Author
- Oxford Press
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0198653050
- ISBN 13
- 9780198653059
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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