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Narrative of a Modern Pilgrimage through Palestine on Horseback, and with Tents
by Smith, Alfred Charles (Rev.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / SPCK. Good with no dust jacket. [c1873]. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing to boards. Some loss of cloth at ends of spine. Gutters at hinges reinforced with tape. Large Sunday School prize label dated 1897 on front endpaper. Gilt stamp with coat of arms on rear board: "Diocese of Christchurch New Zealand". Some foxing.; xxiv, 416 pages + hand-coloured frontispiece + 3 hand-coloured plates + [4] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with small gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 180 x 115mm. In-text wood-engravings. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15153
- Title
- Narrative of a Modern Pilgrimage through Palestine on Horseback, and with Tents
- Author
- Smith, Alfred Charles (Rev.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / SPCK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [c1873]
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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