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CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS: Contemporary Portraits
by QUENNELL, Peter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0316728799
- ISBN 13
- 9780316728799
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
First American edition, in the publisher's green cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. 176. Black and white illustrations. Foxing on top edge. A nick in the cloth at bottom edge of front board (see image for our best attempt at a close-up). Dust jacket with mild shelf wear at spine ends and flap tips but protected against further wear now in a new sheet or removable Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3340
- Title
- CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS: Contemporary Portraits
- Author
- QUENNELL, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316728799
- ISBN 13
- 9780316728799
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1982]
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Gilt
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- Brodart
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- Octavo
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