The centre of the world.
by Vallance, Aylmer:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. First edition. 8vo, 245pp. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. Spine a little wrinkled, light spotting of fore-edge, else a very good copy in a near-VG dustwrapper (rubbed at front and rear). A book about the City (ie the financial district) of London. Publisher's file copy, with the number 5008 inscribed in crayon on the flyleaf and the spine of the dustwrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2554
- Title
- The centre of the world.
- Author
- Vallance, Aylmer:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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