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Empire Youth Annual. 1948
by Fawcett, Raymond (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in fine jacket.
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
London: P.R. Gawthorn, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket.. Large quarto in pale blue pictorial jacket; 416 pages: illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm; blue cloth cover, gilt lettering in outline format on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Color floral illustrated lining papers. Heavily illustrated in color and b&w. Color folding map. British Imperialism at its nostalgic & youthful finest. Excellent if at times racist photos and illustrations. A bygone era to be sure. High quality production. Uncommon in US. / Great Britain -- Colonies -- Juvenile literature. Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Colonialism. British Commonwealth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101787
- Title
- Empire Youth Annual. 1948
- Author
- Fawcett, Raymond (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- P.R. Gawthorn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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