European Life and Manners; in Familiar Letters to Friends (2 Volumes)
by Henry Colman
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston/ London: Charles C. Little and James Brown/ John Petherham, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Matching embossed red cloth hardcovers. Wear to extremities, including outer joints and chipping to head/foot of spines. Bright gilt stamping to spines, overalll clean. Wound bindings. Former owner's bookplate in each volume on the front paste-down pages. Volume II front free end page pulled. Light pencil notes in rear of volumes (blank pages). Light foxing/discoloration to leaves. Further details given, and questions are always welcome. Scans can be made upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005568
- Title
- European Life and Manners; in Familiar Letters to Friends (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Henry Colman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles C. Little and James Brown/ John Petherham
- Place of Publication
- Boston/ London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
North Country Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
North Country Books
Biblio member since 2008
Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Paste-down
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- First Edition
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- Leaves
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- Bookplate
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