ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN: AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, DRESSES, LITERATURE, ARTS, COMMERCE, AND GOVERNMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE TIME OF THE SAXONS, DOWN TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. VOLUME I & VOLUME II (CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY OF ORIGINAL AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, & THE ARTS. VOL. XXI & )XXI)
by Thomson, Richard
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Constable and Co.; and Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1828. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Complete in 2 volumes. Vol. I: cxxi, 176pp. Vol. II: xii (1) p14-322. Bound in brown calf with gilt decoration and dentilled edges, marbled end papers.Wear to extremities, spine label on Vol. II about 50% present, but otherwise a nice copy..
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- Bookseller
- R. Hart Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178131
- Title
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN: AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, DRESSES, LITERATURE, ARTS, COMMERCE, AND GOVERNMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE TIME OF THE SAXONS, DOWN TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. VOLUME I & VOLUME II (CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY OF ORIGINAL AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, & THE ARTS. VOL. XXI & )XXI)
- Author
- Thomson, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Constable and Co.; and Hurst, Chance, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1828
- Size
- 24mo - over 5 - 5¾"
- Keywords
- HISTORY GREAT BRITAIN
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
R. Hart Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About R. Hart Books
R Hart Books offers quality used and collectible books via the Internet, with an emphasis on Military History.
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