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A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa, and Travels into the Interior of that Country; Containing Particular descriptions of the Climate and Inhabitants, and interesting particulars concerning the Slave Trade. (1797)(2nd ed.)
by Joseph Hawkins
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- Used - Good+
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- Second
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- 1797
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€820.75
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Second edition, full leather, Troy, New York, 1797. Includes the occasionally missing frontis. Condition is Good or better: original full leather boards in above average condition with modest general wear. Only the bottom front corners show slightly more than minimal wear. The other corners, edges, spine and hinges are sound. Binding is sound. Leather label on spine still legible although… Read more about this item Item Price
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Old Sarum (1976)
by H. de S. Shortt
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1976
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- 9780116700025
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€5.63
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Pamphlet from Old Sarum. Old Sarum is the site of one of the earliest settlements of Salisbury not far from Stonehenge and Avebury. I collected this item there in 1977. A perfect gift for the Anglophile who has everything. Please see images of the book you will receive. Item Price
€5.63
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El Dorado, Being a Narrative of the Circumstances which gave rise to reports . . . of a Rich and Splendid City in South America, . . . Including a Defence of Sir Walter Raleigh, etc. (1844)(1st edition, 1st issue)
by J. A. Van Heuvel
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- Used - Very Good-
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- First
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- 1844
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€469.00
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First edition, first issue, hardcover, 1844, New York. True first issues are uncommon and are discussed in the Notes section below. Overall condition is Very Good but not without defects. Old plain gray paper boards, possibly original, certainly 19th century. Boards have a general patina and small ink stain on back. Binding is sound. Endpapers are an odd yellow with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Cruise of the "Cachalot" - Round the World After Sperm Whales. (1898)(1st UK edition)
by Frank T. Bullen
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1898
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€234.50
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First UK edition, London, 1898. Hardcover. An English sailor describes life aboard an American whaling vessel. Overall condition is Very Good: primary condition issue is sun fade to front board and spine. Gutters showing front and back but all is holding together and only slightly tender. Interior is excellent. Gift inscription on half title dated 'Jan./99' along with prior bookseller's… Read more about this item Item Price
€234.50
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Thrilling Adventures at Sea or Noted Shipwrecks and Famous Sailors. (1885)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1885
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€56.28
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Hardcover, 1885, Philadelphia. Condition is very good: decorative blindstamped and gilt boards. Front hinge is open at gutter but binding is not affected, just a crack in the paper. Interior is excellent: a few smudges are seen but no writing, tears or folds. Paginates complete with 300 pages plus all blanks. Includes 73 full page plates and many more images… Read more about this item Item Price
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Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall: His Voyage to Repulse Bay, Sledge Journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's Land, and residence among the Eskimos during the years 1864-'69. (1st ed.)(1879)
by J. E. Nourse; Charles F. Hall
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1879
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€140.70
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First edition, hardcover, 1879, Washington. Large heavy book has been professionally recased using original boards and spine, new endpapers. Paginates complete with all images and maps (13 European, 8 Inuit). Large folding map in rear pocket backed with linen, two panels with marbled paper over linen. Frontis portrait is heavy brittle stock and looks to have been reattached. Excellent interior… Read more about this item Item Price
€140.70
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Pacific Graveyard (1964)(3rd ed.)
by James A. Gibbs
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- Third
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- 1964
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€18.76
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Hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Third edition, 1964. Volume condition is Very Good: light edgewear along bottom edge. Pencil price of prior bookseller, no other interior writing. Very light stain on title page - hard to see in person, or in image - look at bottom left and right corners. Binding sound. Packed with images and photos. Dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush (1958, 3rd printing)
by Pierre Berton
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- 1958
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€11.26
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First edition, third printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Volume is Very Good: has prior owner's signature and date (1958) on front blank, no other interior markings or problems. Photographic endpapers, 3 maps on 4 pages. Extensive bibliography and index. Dust jacket is Fair to Good: edge chips and corner wear are noticeable. Some repairs with archival tape.… Read more about this item Item Price
€11.26
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Tahitian Journal (1st ed.)(1968)
by George Biddle
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First
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- 1968
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€18.76
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First edition, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Condition is Fine: there is a small light pencil check on the half title, no other markings or issues. Dust jacket shows trace edge and corner wear. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Book is author's journal from 1917-1922 in Tahiti. Includes photos and paintings from that… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.76
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Stories of the Island World (1857)(1st ed.)
by Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1857
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€46.90
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Hardcover, first edition. 1857, New York. Volume is condition is Very Good: blindstamped green cloth boards with light wear most evident at corners and spine ends. Decorative gilt and titles on spine. Prior owner's markings on front blanks, no other markings, folds, tears or problems. Binding is sound. Complete with all blanks, text, 15 illustrations, and 4 pp ads. Please… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ancient Cibola. The Marvellous (Marvelous) Country, or Three Years in Arizona and New Mexico. (1876)
by Samuel Woodworth Cozzens
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- Used - Good
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- Second
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- 1876
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€84.42
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Hardcover, Boston, circa 1876. Likely second edition (see notes below). Condition is Good: original cloth boards show moderate general wear, some fraying to corners and spine ends. Binding is functional, book lays open. No interior writing of any kind. A few smudges and some foxing is present. Paginates: blanks, frontis, 548, [6], blanks, 28 unpaginated plates including frontis and half… Read more about this item Item Price
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Argonauticon Americanorum, sive, Historiae periculorum Petri De Victoria, ac sociorum eius, libri XV. (1647)
by Joannis Bisselii (Johannes Bissel); Pedro Gobeo de Victoria
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- Used - Good-
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- First
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- 1647
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€389.27
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First edition bound in vellum. Munich, 1647. Condition is Good. Primary condition issue is missing spine. Text block binding remains sound. Vellum boards with Yapp style fore-edges and typical vellum warp. Interior has modern stamp (R151) on interior front pastedown, ffep with pencil notation and older ink info, title page with old library stamp, prior ownership inscription dated 1699, half… Read more about this item Item Price
€389.27
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Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le Capitaine Cook, etc. (3 vol.)(1787)
by André (Anders) Sparrman; Le Tourneur (translator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First French Edition
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- 1787
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€820.75
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First French edition, three volumes, 1787, Paris. Old full leather bindings with decorative gilt spines. Sparrman accompanied Cook on his second voyage as a naturalist and physician. This is an account of that trip and his observations of Africa which appears to have intrigued him more than than the Antarctic. Paginates: V.1: xxxii, map, 388, 3 plates; V.2: [2], 366,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Shipwreck (No. 43: Sunday School Tracts.)(circa 1809)
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- 1809
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€168.84
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Pamphlet circa 1809. The wreck of the HMS Centaur in September, 1782 is a famous event with many accounts. The Centaur left Jamaica for England and sank in a hurricane. The survivors drifted for 16 days before arriving in the Azores. Twelve survived while 400 were lost. Pamphlets of this type were sometimes sold separately and sometimes bound in volumes.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Voyage to North America, and the West Indies, in 1817. (1821)(1st English edition)(plus 1950 translation)
by Edouard de Montulé
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1821
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€398.65
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1821, London, first edition in English. Modern fine binding of half leather and marbled boards by Starr Bookworks. An underappreciated volume likely due to this first English translation. The modern translator, Seeber, describes this translation as the "product of a prosaic and incompetent literary hack" (please tell us how you really feel). It also omits about 40% of the original… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Memoir of Thomas Hamitah Patoo, a Native of the Marquesas Islands; Who died June 19, 1823, while a member of the Foreign Mission School, in Cornwall, Conn. (1825)(1st printing)(American Tract Society #19)
by Anon; Harlan Page (engraver)
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- Used - Fair
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- First
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- 1825
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€703.50
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Pamphlet, 1825, Andover, Mass. Early edition. Condition is Fair: wraps show significant general wear, top outer corner of blank and last wrap missing causing loss of part a letter. Interior has ownership inscription on front blank with date of 1827, old prior seller's price on blank. No other writing or markings. Spine reinforced with paper in distant past. Paginates: wraps,… Read more about this item Item Price
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May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India. (1st printing)
by Elisabeth Bumiller
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First
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- 1990
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- 9780394563916
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€10.32
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First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Volume is Near Fine: light wear to edges. Dust jacket is Near Fine: spine lightly sunned. No interior writing or markings. Binding is tight. Please see images of the book you will receive. Item Price
€10.32
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Aleck; The Last Of The Mutineers; or The History of Pitcairn's Island. Third Edition. (1848)
by [Nathan Welby Fiske]
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- Used - Very Good
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- Third
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- 1848
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€187.60
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1848, third edition, hardcover, Boston. Brown blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration on spine. Condition is Very Good: modest wear to boards, most at spine tips and corners. Interior has some pencil notes of prior owner on title page. Minimal foxing, no tears or folds. Binding is sound. Paginates: blanks, 162, blanks. 8 plates included in pagination. An uncommon book. Please… Read more about this item Item Price
€187.60
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Sea and Sail; or Marvelous Adventures on the Ocean. (1877)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1877
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€70.35
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Hardcover, 1877, New York. Condition is Very Good: modern brown cloth with paper label on spine. New endpapers, original endpapers retained. Author covers pretty much every sea story ever told. Packed with illustrations. No writing, markings, or issues. Binding is tight. Paper is brittle some corners are off, early pages showing early cracks. Paper should not crack further with proper… Read more about this item Item Price
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Things As They Are: Or, Notes of a Traveller Through Some of the Middle and Northern States (1834)(1st ed.)
by [Theodore Dwight]
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- Used - Good
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- First
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- 1835
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€84.42
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Hardcover brown/gold cloth, first edition, 1835. Volume condition is Good: Boards show moderate wear, staining and patina. Spine with faded out paper label. Binding is stout. Moderate foxing throughout. Old pencil markings on blanks. Light tidemark affecting upper outer corner last ~25 pages (see image). Paginates: blanks, frontis, 252, 4 unpaginated plates, blanks. Howes D617. Please see images of the… Read more about this item Item Price
€84.42
