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The Ruins of Pompeii: A Series of Eighteen Photographic Views, With an Account of the Destruction of the City, and a Description of the Most Interesting Remains
by Dyer, Thomas H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, bookplate and signature in 2 places from previous owner, some foxing to mounts and leaves
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Bell and Daldy, London, 1867. Good, bookplate and signature in 2 places from previous owner, some foxing to mounts and leaves. First Edition 11 x 8 1/4 inches, 111 pages, gold stamped cloth, some wear to extremities, all edges gilt, Plus [18] mounted albumen photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Dawson's Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PB28720
- Title
- The Ruins of Pompeii: A Series of Eighteen Photographic Views, With an Account of the Destruction of the City, and a Description of the Most Interesting Remains
- Author
- Dyer, Thomas H
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, bookplate and signature in 2 places from previous owner, some foxing to mounts and leaves
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy, London
- Date Published
- 1867
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About the Seller
Dawson's Book Shop
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Los Angeles, California
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