Tales About the Sea, and the Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
by PARLEY, PETER:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frontispiece and other wood-engraved illus., 2 maps; viii+359pp. Square 8vo orig. embossed red cloth, spine gilt, worn on extremities, 'Peter Parley' was a pseudonym used by more than one writer. This title seems to have been published first in the 1830s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- R.G. Watkins Books and Prints (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RGW19456
- Title
- Tales About the Sea, and the Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
- Author
- PARLEY, PETER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Grant Richards, 1902. children sandwich cook australia pitcairn pacific
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About the Seller
R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2020
Ilminster, Somerset
About R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
Established in Somerset, England in 1985, with retail premises, we now sell principally on the internet. Apart from selling to collectors and other dealers, we have many libraries and museums among our customers. Our aim is offer interesting and unusual items printed, written or drawn on paper.
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