A Short History of Venice. William Roscoe Thayer
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1125540281
- ISBN 13
- 9781125540282
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About This Item
Good. [WITH ANS] Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. Small hardcover in gilt lettered and decorated maroon cloth boards. First edition. xvii, (1),355,(4) pages, illustrated with five color maps, top edge gilt. Includes 4 PAGE HAND-WRITTEN NOTE signed by William Roscoe Thayer (1859â1923) and dated in the year of publication. Front hinge is split but holding, owner bookplate on front paste-down (same name as note addressee), ffep has small chip, else good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)
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- A Short History of Venice. William Roscoe Thayer
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1125540281
- ISBN 13
- 9781125540282
- This edition first published
- Jan 01,
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- 1
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