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True Tales for my Grandsons
by Baker, Sir Samuel White
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1902. Early Edition. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. New Edition,1902 reprint: 435 pages plus 4 pages publishers adverts, illustrated, frontispiece plus 11 full page b/w drawings, page edges gilt, red cloth covers. Gift inscription dated 1919 on front end paper, minor shelf wear spine sunned slightly, contents clean. A nice copy. 6 stories "Bummer and his poor acquaintance" "The cruise of the whaler Sophia" "Everard Harcourt" "Hassan Ali and the golden basin" "Something about dogs.." "Elephant tales, and reminiscences of natural history" Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3494. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3494
- Title
- True Tales for my Grandsons
- Author
- Baker, Sir Samuel White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Embossed Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Exploration; Ships & the Sea. Unbranded Baker, Sir Samuel White True Tales for my Grandsons.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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About the Seller
Polar Books
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Llandudno, Conwy
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- Cloth
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- Poor
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