Naples the City of Parthenope and its Environs
by Clara Erskine Clement
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Estes and Lauriat Publishers, 1894. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A beautifully presented copy of this detailed history of Naples. Bound in decorative cloth, with a cloth covered dustwrapper and cloth covered slipcase. Featuring numerous photogravuers with their original captioned tissue guards. Bound in a full cloth binding with decorative gilt detailing, cloth covered dustwrapper, and cloth covered slipcase. Externally, binding is smart, with only some light marks. Dustwrapper has some sunning and chipping to the spine. Slipcase has some light marks, as well as sunning to the extremities. Paper repairs to the spine. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean. A lovely copy. VERY GOOD slipcase. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN37-G-5
- Title
- Naples the City of Parthenope and its Environs
- Author
- Clara Erskine Clement
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Estes and Lauriat Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- N\aples Travel Italy Travel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
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