Wagon, Chariot and Carriage: Symbol and Status in the History of Transport
by PIGGOTT, Stuart
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0500251142
- ISBN 13
- 9780500251140
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Burnt-orange cloth with gilt spine lettering and an upper board gilt publisher's device, octavo, pp. 184. Thirty-three illustrations. Dust jacket with a nick at spine near lower edge, but now protected against further wear by archival Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002273
- Title
- Wagon, Chariot and Carriage: Symbol and Status in the History of Transport
- Author
- PIGGOTT, Stuart
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0500251142
- ISBN 13
- 9780500251140
- Publisher
- [New York]: Thames and Hudson, [1992].
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- This edition first published
- October 1992
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Brodart
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