Annals of Politics and Culture 1492-1899
by Gooch, G P [George Peabody)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1901 . First Edition . Very good . 8VO . Inscribed by the author to Herbert Spencer on the front endpaper. "To Mr. Herbert Spencer, / A tribute of the author's sincere respect./ March 1901" With Spencer's name stamp on the title page. Bound in maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine. Hinges starting, light shelfwear, a little more at the spine tips.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32332
- Title
- Annals of Politics and Culture 1492-1899
- Author
- Gooch, G P [George Peabody)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1901
- Pages
- 530 pp
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - British;
- Size
- 8VO
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
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Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.