COMING DOWN THE SEINE
by Gibbings, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine, price-clipped
- Seller
-
Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1953. 217pp. Wood engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, maroom cloth with a small gilt vignette of a rowing boat to upper cover. A fine blue illus. d.j. now in a clear mylar cover. A trifle rubbed to the head of the spine d.j. [One of the scarcer Robert Gibbings illus. books.]. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine, price-clipped. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NY030
- Title
- COMING DOWN THE SEINE
- Author
- Gibbings, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine, price-clipped
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
Out-of-print books and maps
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- Spine
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- Fine
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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...
- Vignette
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- Cloth
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