THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM: Francis Bacon's Cipher On The So-Called Shakespeare Plays
by Donnelly, Ignatius
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, New York and Boston: R.S. Peale and Co., 1888. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Quarto (approcimately 6 3/4" wide by 9 3/4" tall) ix [3] 13-998 pages (complete). Brown cloth covers stamped in gilt and dark brown, gilt titles. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpaper Folding plate torn, but repaired with archival tape. Includes black and white engravings. Some pages printed in red and black to display the cipher. Cover corners and edges lightly worn, but still Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019938
- Title
- THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM: Francis Bacon's Cipher On The So-Called Shakespeare Plays
- Author
- Donnelly, Ignatius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- R.S. Peale and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, New York and Boston
- Date Published
- 1888
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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