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The Book of the Courtier by Count Baldesar Castiglione
by Baldesar Castiglione (Baldassar/Baldassare Castiglione) / Leonard Eckstein Opdycke (Trans.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Duckworth and Co., 1902. 1st Edition Thus . Good. 8.5 x 11.25 inches (21 x 28.5 cm). Full vellum binding with limp boards and yapp fore edge. Wear to head of spine with crude glue repair. Darkening to spine. Soiling to covers, crease to upper corner of rear cover. Page edges untrimmed. Bump to upper corner of page block causing slight creasing to upper corner of roughly a third of the pages. Foxing to page edges and endpapers, clean text throughout. Illustrated. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, Harry Maxwell Dalston (with address crossed out). Overall condition is Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £18.85; USA £35.40; Oceania £37.55; Rest of World £30.85. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 8.5 x 11.25 inches (21 x 28.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiv, 439
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1231I072
- Title
- The Book of the Courtier by Count Baldesar Castiglione
- Author
- Baldesar Castiglione (Baldassar/Baldassare Castiglione) / Leonard Eckstein Opdycke (Trans.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 8.5 x 11.25 inches (21 x 28.5 cm
- Keywords
- Courtier, Court Lady, Courtesy Book, Book of Manners, Etiquette, Italy, Italian Court, Italian Culture, Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Self Help & Personal Development;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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