Gioconda
by Mankowitz, Wolf
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0491033354
- ISBN 13
- 9780491033350
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: W H Allen, 1987. Mankowitz has combined his talents of Art Historian and Novelist to produce the first full account of the world's most famous intriguing art theft. lending fact and invention to recreate the strange series of events that began on that fateful August morning in 1911. Red bds with crisp gilt spine title, pp 277 in tight unread state. Original wrapper has faint water staining.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7084
- Title
- Gioconda
- Author
- Mankowitz, Wolf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0491033354
- ISBN 13
- 9780491033350
- Publisher
- W H Allen
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Art Theft
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
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Auckland
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- First Edition
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- BDS
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.