Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner: Essential Everyday Trivia
by Eaton, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/VG+/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1788700821
- ISBN 13
- 9781788700825
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "UN-USED," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 2018* Publisher: 535 for Blink Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth covered boards, red & blue titles face and blue to spine. No bumps, minimal rubbing to head and tail of spine. Minimal dent to fore edge of rear board. No other visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (dark blue). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 390 pp. text.* Description: Essential everyday trivia. A 21st. century guide to:- ?Bitcoins?, ?Megacities?, ?Monarchs?, "Emojis?, ?Twitter?, etc. etc. A cornucopia of interesting facts and reference.* A NEAR FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9503
- Title
- Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner: Essential Everyday Trivia
- Author
- Eaton, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG+/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edition, 2nd. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1788700821
- ISBN 13
- 9781788700825
- Publisher
- 535 for Blink Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 390
- Date Published
- 2018-10-04
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