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A HISTORY OF SIENA
by Langton Douglas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxvi, plus 500 pages. 6 x 9 in. Green cloth with pictoral cover, with gilt lettering on spine. Numerous illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD, with darkening to spine, some wear and slight bending to ends of spine. Top text edge is gilt. Large owner�s bookplate on front paste-down. A very tight, clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1273
- Title
- A HISTORY OF SIENA
- Author
- Langton Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
Andre Strong Bookseller is located in Blue Hill, on the coast of Maine. We offer 22,000 books for sale online, and work from an office and rare book room, with a warehouse adjacent. We carry a wide selection of fine books on every subject, with specialization in art, architecture, photography, nautical, Maine and fiction. We do not have an open shop - if you'd like to visit, please arrange an appointment.
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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