A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico: Letters from the American Embassy at Mexico City, covering the dramatic period between October 8th, 1913, and the breaking off of diplomatic relations on April 23rd, 1914, together with an account of the occupation of Vera Cruz
by Edith O'Shaughnessy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1916. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (15 x 21 cm). Black cloth binding with gilt eagle and snake to front board and spine. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spine dulled and lightly creased. Good solid binding. Light browning to pages, a few pencilled notes. Some pages unopened. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (15 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 356
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1225E072
- Title
- A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico: Letters from the American Embassy at Mexico City, covering the dramatic period between October 8th, 1913, and the breaking off of diplomatic relations on April 23rd, 1914, together with an account of the occupation of Vera Cruz
- Author
- Edith O'Shaughnessy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.25 inches (15 x 21 cm)
- Keywords
- Mexico, USA, United States occupation of Veracruz, Ypiranga incident, Mexican Revolution, Tampico Affair, Travel_Exploration/North_America
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel: Americas;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
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About the Seller
Tarrington Books
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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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...