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The Elgin Affair
by Theodore. Vrettos
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0436204622
- ISBN 13
- 9780436204623
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$25.18NZ$18.88
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About This Item
The Elgin Affair: The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused by Theodore Vrettos
Hardcover, 1997, first edition, first print, illustrated, published by Secker & Warburg, 238 pages + xvi.
In very good condition. A little scuffing to dust jacket and a small tear at lower end of board edge. Binding firm. Black cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Page edges slightly marked but overall quite clean. Page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.
In very good condition. A little scuffing to dust jacket and a small tear at lower end of board edge. Binding firm. Black cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Page edges slightly marked but overall quite clean. Page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-598
- Title
- The Elgin Affair
- Author
- Theodore. Vrettos
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0436204622
- ISBN 13
- 9780436204623
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- October 16, 1997
- Pages
- 238+
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Marginalia
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