The Commissioner : or, Travels and Adventures of a Gentleman
by James, G. P. R
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
NZ$85.11NZ$42.56
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About This Item
Dublin: William Curry, Jun., & Company, 1846. Book. Illus. by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bound in 3/4 leather with full gilt spine. 28 black and white illustrations by Phiz. Marbled endpapers. Some bubbling and dirtiness to cloth on covers, text block fine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB] (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003569
- Title
- The Commissioner : or, Travels and Adventures of a Gentleman
- Author
- James, G. P. R
- Illustrator
- Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- William Curry, Jun., & Company
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1846
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Ireland
Terms of Sale
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
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. 5% GST applies to all orders shipped within Canada.
About the Seller
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Biblio member since 2015
Kingston, Ontario
About Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller specializes in illustrated books from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Particular interests include natural history, French Modernism, Japanese craft and aesthetics, early anatomy books, fine press and bindings.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Text Block
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- Fine
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