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Mary Stuart
by Skelton, John
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Titlepage printed in red and black, with illuminated coloured portrait frontispiece, 24 plates of portraits, 4-page facsimile of the last letter of Mary Stuart, 16 illustrations in the text, tissue guards with captions printed in red, 4to. 326mm by 260mm. 203 pages. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Outer spine piece is missing. Could be rebound. Heavy wear to boards and corners. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1326006800
- Title
- Mary Stuart
- Author
- Skelton, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Boussod, Valadon & Co.
- Date Published
- 1893
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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