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The Painted Men
by Lethbridge, T. C. [Thomas Charles (1901-1971)]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Andrew Melrose. Very Good in Good dust jacket. (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Dust-jacket with chips to corners and ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This copy with an autograph letter by the author loosely included. The letter is on paper blind-stamped with Lethbridge's Treverbyn address. The letter reads: "My Dear Tit, / This book came out while we were away & so I haven't had time to send of many copies yet. It has actualy started selling fairly well. The publisher's blurb says it is about the Picts but it is really much wider than that. Wordie [polar explorer Sir James Wordie] says its good which he hardly ever does about books. / Love from all in haste / Pop. / Cat brought in another rabbit last night & sicked it up!" Also with autograph inscription by the author on the half-title page: "Christopher Lethbridge / from / his / father". 208 pages + colour frontispiece + 21 black-and-white illustrations on 7 plate leaves + erratum slip facing page 58. 19 in-text figures. Maps on endpapers. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 137mm. [Reference: Wellbourn, Terry, "T. C. Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw the Future" Winchester: O-Books, 2011.] .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20923
- Title
- The Painted Men
- Author
- Lethbridge, T. C. [Thomas Charles (1901-1971)]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Andrew Melrose
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1954)
Terms of Sale
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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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- Plate
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