Jesting Pilate: An Intellectual Holiday
by Huxley, Aldous
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon quarter cloth spine with decorative paper on boards, gilt letters on spine. Rough cut. [10], 11-326 pp., illustrated with 12 black and white plates including frontispiece. Ends and edges worn heavily. Board paper edges torn, small chips, top edge toned. Huxley recounts his experiences traveling through six countries, and offers his observations on their people, cultures, and customs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; fair .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4526
- Title
- Jesting Pilate: An Intellectual Holiday
- Author
- Huxley, Aldous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- History - Travel, Travel - India
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Places; Antiquarian & Collectible Books;
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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