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THE HISTORY of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE With Maps and Numerous Illustrations in four volumes new edition
by Abbott, John S.C. fx
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NEAR FINE set. Some tips bumped, all tips & spine corners rubbed
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Harper. NEAR FINE set. Some tips bumped, all tips & spine corners rubbed. (1883). New edition.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE books. TEG. FINE inside. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Bkplts but no aging, fopxing, memorabilia, etc. . 10"x6.5". Vols 1 & 2 consecutivly numbered to page 609, 3 & 4 to page 666. Vol 1 has the index of ilustrations and maps for vol 1 &2. Index in vol 3 for those in vols 3 & 4. All covers very clean. All gilt top edges bright & shiny as new. Other edges show just a bit of aging. Vol 3 upper hinge paper cracked, hinge still sound, no other hinges so effected. All very tight. All tend to stay closed when stood on their spines. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001200
- Title
- THE HISTORY of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE With Maps and Numerous Illustrations in four volumes new edition
- Author
- Abbott, John S.C. fx
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE set. Some tips bumped, all tips & spine corners rubbed
- Edition
- New edition.
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- (1883)
- Keywords
- NEAR FINE books. TEG. FINE inside. Green cloth with gilt spine, lettering. Bkplts but no aging, fopxing, memorabilia, etc.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- Cracked
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- Hinge
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