Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1938). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition, first printing 1938. Lacking DJ. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine is clean with very minimal wear. Spine is not faded or darkened. Top edge gilt with some soiling and tarnishing. Binding sound. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. With 25 BW plates. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17135
Title: The House of Guise:
Author: Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
Place of Publication: Indianapolis and New York
Date Published: (1938)
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: History; Biography; France;

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

All books are warranted to be as described and genuine (unless stated otherwise in the description). Payment by check, US postal money order or cashier's check in USD will be accepted and should be made out to James F. Balsley. Checks may be held until cleared by the bank unless you are known to me. Checks must be drawn on a US bank. Credit cards are accepted through Biblio.com. Books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the book is returned in the same condition in which it was shipped. If the return is because the description is inaccurate or other error on my part, I will also refund the postage both ways.

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

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My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.

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