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Dictionary of Languages : The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
by Dalby, Andrew
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 074753117X
- ISBN 13
- 9780747531173
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 1st Edition. Black Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. 733pp. A super copy. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Illustrated with several maps referencing the language origins. The cloth at the tail of the spine is lightly turned in with slight creasing to the overlying wrapper. Slight and normal age toning to the pages. Fresh and clean. Colourful pictorial wrapper. A near fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 217579
- Title
- Dictionary of Languages : The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
- Author
- Dalby, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Black Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 074753117X
- ISBN 13
- 9780747531173
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES_DICTIONARIES
- X weight
- 44 oz
Terms of Sale
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.