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Argentina Past & Present
by Koebel, W. H
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1914. History & then-present state of Argentina. Koebel was a British businessman who traveled extensively in and wrote on many South American & Caribbean countries. Second edition, slightly revised, with new color plates. Stout hardcover, full brown cloth decorated in black, sky blue & yellow, gilt titling. Shows some wear, cover ripples, some bumps & dents, corners rubbed; endsheets tanned; plain bookplate inside front cover, some foxing. Text clean; xx, 465 pages; index, folding map in two colors, 32 color plates, 64 b/w plates as called for.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E. W. Christmas. 7" by 10".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0016os
- Title
- Argentina Past & Present
- Author
- Koebel, W. H
- Illustrator
- E. W. Christmas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- South America, Buenos Aires, Travel, Andes
- Size
- 7" by 10"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bumps
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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