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London; Edited By Charles Knight. Revised And Corrected To The Present Time By E. Walford. With Illustrations On Steel And Wood
by [Walford, Edward]
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Virtue and Company, 1875. Later Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Complete set of London: Revised and Corrected to the Present Time by Edward Walford.. Large octavo, [six volumes], xx, [2], 444pp; xviii, [2], 416pp; xix, [3], 400pp; xix, [3], 400pp; xxii, [2], 400pp; xxii, [2], 380pp. Three quarter red leather, marbled boards. Title in gilt over black leather spine labels, raised gilt bands with gilt embellishments. Marbled edges and endpapers. All solid text blocks, light wear and rubbing to edges. Occasional foxing throughout Volumes V and VI. Near fine examples. Previous bookseller's label on upper corner of front pastedown of all volumes. Illustrated frontispiece and vignette title page in each volume.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13034
- Title
- London; Edited By Charles Knight. Revised And Corrected To The Present Time By E. Walford. With Illustrations On Steel And Wood
- Author
- [Walford, Edward]
- Illustrator
- Complete set of London: Revised and Corrected to the Present Time by Edward Walford.
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Virtue and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- London Walford, London Knight, London Revised and Corrected by Edward Walford, Edward Walford, London complete set, Knight's London complete set
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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