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Edward Gibbon, 1737 - 1794
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] D. M. Low
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor wear to boards, light toning throughout, jacket a bit rubbed and chipped. Very good. LMM-361
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Minor wear to boards, light toning throughout, jacket a bit rubbed and chipped. Very good. LMM-361. D. M. Low. Edward Gibbon 1737 - 1794. New York: Random House, 1937. First edition.
Pencil signed by author Larry McMurtry and dated 1972.
Octavo. 270pp (indexed). Portrait frontispiece by Sir Josua Reynolds. Publisher's maroon pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original dust jacket .
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate to each volume.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 361
- Title
- Edward Gibbon, 1737 - 1794
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] D. M. Low
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor wear to boards, light toning throughout, jacket a bit rubbed and chipped. Very good. LMM-361
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Literary Biography, History, Roman Empire
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