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Portugal and Madeira.
by SITWELL, SACHEVERELL:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
B.T.Batsford. 1954 1st edition.. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Ex Libris bookplate to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 237 pp. Colour frontis & b/w plates. Map. The author writes about the Portugal and Madeira. He describes the architecture and landscape, the costumes and people, the customs, food and drink.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94422
- Title
- Portugal and Madeira.
- Author
- SITWELL, SACHEVERELL:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B.T.Batsford. 1954 1st edition.
- Keywords
- FOREIGN TRAVEL SACHEVERELL SITWELL, Portugal, Madeira, architecture, landscape, costumes, people, customs, food, drink,
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
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