Famous Prefaces; Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books
by Eliot, Charles W (ed)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
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Slate Hill, New York, United States
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NZ$15.32NZ$7.66
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About This Item
ny: Collier & Son, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Very sl canted, upper page edges lt foxed. Contents as new, clean & tight. Book Club Edition. 437 p. Unjacketed dark green leatherette with gilt trim and lettering. 514 cl
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- Seller
- Cup and Chaucer Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3154
- Title
- Famous Prefaces; Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books
- Author
- Eliot, Charles W (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- ny
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CLASSICS PREFACES HUMANITIES PROLOGUES
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
Terms of Sale
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Foxed
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
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