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Marconi, My Beloved. First English-Language Edition, Edited, Enlarged And Updated By Elettra Marconi
by MARCONI, Maria Cristina; MARCONI, Elettra
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Dante University of America Press/ Branden Publishing Company, 1999. Cloth. Very Good. Large 8vo,. Original blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Spine ends bruised, else, a bright, tight copy. In the original dust jacket: creasing to spine ends and edges, price label to rear panel. Very good/ very good Maria Cristina Marconi (1900-1994) was the radio pioneer and Nobel prize winner's second wife, and Maria Elettra their only daughter (1930-). See also our Signed photographic portrait of Marchese Marconi & Principessa Marconi, marking the centenary of Marconi's birth [ref: 1258].
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2725
- Title
- Marconi, My Beloved. First English-Language Edition, Edited, Enlarged And Updated By Elettra Marconi
- Author
- MARCONI, Maria Cristina; MARCONI, Elettra
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dante University of America Press/ Branden Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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