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QUO VADIS
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
First edition. In original smooth dark red cloth. Contains: Signature _" May. B. Huntington, Florence, Jan. 1897" on flyleaf, Bookseller stamp _ "B. Seeber, Firenze",relaid on new end paper, half title backed by advertising, title page with translation by Jeremiah Curtis dated 1896, imprint - University Press, John Wilson and Son Cambridge, U.S.A., dedication to August Comte, Introductory dated June, 1896, pages 1-541. Condition - recently rebacked with new cloth, original gilt title spine laid on. Text tight with very mild age toning at top of pages.
Reviews
On May 18 2021, a reader said:
I received this book as a gift for my 18th birthday in 1955. The title, age and not liking to read, I filed it. When I did pick it up in n my 30's and read it it became one of my favorite reads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cartouche Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S001
- Title
- QUO VADIS
- Author
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Format/Binding
- Smooth dark red cloth w. gilt title
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 7.75x5
Terms of Sale
Cartouche Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cartouche Ltd.
Biblio member since 2019
Vancouver, Washington
About Cartouche Ltd.
Specializing in Early American Classics and Charles Dickens. Often we add value to challenged copies through expert restoration.
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Half Title
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Rebacked
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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