Footprints of Famous Men. Designed as Incitement to Intellectual Industry
by John G Edgar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge, 1111. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. small octavo. Birket Foster. Type: Book pp VI, 376. Published circa 1875. Prior owner school prize inscription to FEP, (dated 1877). Fully bound in dark green calf, titles to red spine label. Extensive gilt spine decoration and borders to boards. School name to upper board. Lovely marbled end papers and edges.
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- Bookseller
- Strawberry Hill Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030828
- Title
- Footprints of Famous Men. Designed as Incitement to Intellectual Industry
- Author
- John G Edgar
- Illustrator
- Birket Foster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Strawberry Hill Books
Biblio member since 2010
Rotherfield, East Sussex
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Strawberry Hill Books is a UK based collectable and antiquarian book dealer with an inventory of 10K titles. Specialist areas include Fiction, Topography, History, Art and Exploration. We supply worldwide and all shipments are tracked.
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