Italian Journeys
by HOWELLS, W.D
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's blind-ruled purple cloth, gilt-lettered spine, peach coated endpapers; 320pp. Spine a shade toned, corners bumped, contemporary ownership signature to half title and title page, slightly later exlibris of the Iowa collector Oliver Henry Perkins(d. 1902) to front pastedown (minor offsetting), else Very Good or better. BAL 9551.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44902
- Title
- Italian Journeys
- Author
- HOWELLS, W.D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1867
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Before 1900; Italy;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
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- First Edition
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