The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Mees and Persians, Grecians, and MacEdonians, Vol. II
by ROLLIN, M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Glasgow: Blackie, Fullarton, & Co., 1827. Half-Leather. Fair+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. frontis print "Timoclea brought before Alexander the Great', x, 831 pp., book shows a great deal of wear, covering on boards front & back mostly worn away with fragments extant, spine ends & corners bumped & worn, spine has worn title label, most leather on spine is creased & worn, edge wear, spine is has a one-inch split at top front edge, all edges browned & toned, foxing on end papers front, back, edges & on fold-out map, signed & dated on ffep with ink by an owner in 1828, pencil date on rear paste down 1830, front hinge is cracked but book is intact, foxing & tining throughout, with general soiling. [With geographical, topographical, historical, and critical notes and a life of the author by james Bell. Illustrated with engravings, including a comnplete set of maps.] [01]
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- Bookseller
- J.C. Bell
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78-24
- Title
- The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Mees and Persians, Grecians, and MacEdonians, Vol. II
- Author
- ROLLIN, M
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie, Fullarton, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1827
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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- History;
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J.C. Bell
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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
About J.C. Bell
We are a home-based book business and have been selling books online since 1998. We are currently in the process of cataloguing several more thousandused and antiquarian books.
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