Kelly's Handbook: to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1952
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Kelly's Directories, 1952 First Edition thus; Includes 64 pages of advertisements, 3 in colour and 12 illustrated; Hardback: red cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, speckled edges, marker, title-page printed in red and black; Spine faded, front hinge strong internally but fraying externally, vg-
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfare (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6245
- Title
- Kelly's Handbook: to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1952
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kelly's Directories
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- British Upper Classes Directories Kelly's Handbooks Britian in the 1950's
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Bookfare
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About the Seller
Bookfare
Biblio member since 2014
Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
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- Hinge
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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