Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean.
by Lee Meriwether
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Good+: shows moderate wear to extremities; barely discernible spine lean; eighth-inch tear in the fabric at the head of the backstrip; front free endpaper has been removed and the binding reglued; faint soiling; backstrip considerably dulled, affecting the legibility of the titles, which nevertheless can still be read; top edge well dusted. Binding secure; text clean. Despite noted flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 363pp. 24 illustrative black & white photographic plates. Rust colored cloth over boards, with Gilt designs at front panel and backstrip; black titles at same. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 41984
- Title
- Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean.
- Author
- Lee Meriwether
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Ed, unstated.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1892.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe Travel; World Travel; True Adventure; Travel & Adventure; Travel Writing; Mediterranean;
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