A NORTHERN SUMMER; OR TRAVELS ROUND THE BALTIC, THROUGH DENMARK, SWEDEN, RUSSIA. PRUSSIA AND PART OF GERMANY, IN THE YEAR 1804
by Carr, Esq., John
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1805. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/04/0_img_7855.jpg. Philadelphia:Samuel F. Bradford. 1805. (vi)+3.6pp+(2)pp.ads. Hardcover. Full leather binding with label on spine, worn at edges and seams, with top 1/2 inch of top of spine chipped and edge points worn to boards. Leather hinges cracked but holding. Internally, end pages age toned, with 2 previous owners bookplates to inside front board and a signature to 1st free endpage with some additional penciled notes. Otherwise some pages age-toned with some still quite bright, and a very occasional spot of foxing scattered throughout. With pagination error pages 137-152 with no loss of text and some margin notes penciled to bottom of page 263.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25321
- Title
- A NORTHERN SUMMER; OR TRAVELS ROUND THE BALTIC, THROUGH DENMARK, SWEDEN, RUSSIA. PRUSSIA AND PART OF GERMANY, IN THE YEAR 1804
- Author
- Carr, Esq., John
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/04/0_img_7855.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- 1805
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; EUROPE
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Parnassus Book Service
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About Parnassus Book Service
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