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Mexico To-Day: A Country with a Great Future, and a Glance at the Prehistoric Remains and Antiquities of the Montezumas
by Brocklehurst, Thomas Unett
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
£81.64£69.39
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1883. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Thomas Brocklehurst. First Edition; 8vo, red cloth, no dj; good (rebacked, original spine adhered to new spine; covers soiled; original spine dull and chipped; corners bumped and worn to boards; chipping to cloth on edges of boards; starting at half-title page, pp48-9, 64-5, 144-5, 178-9, 192-3, and 208-9; first blank flyleaf partially detached; chipping to side edges of pp59-64; number inked on front pastedown; name on title page; light foxing to Plate II, VIII, XXIII, XXIV, L and rear flyleaves; light soiling to edges of a few plates). 259 pp. + 56 plates incl. many striking chromolithographs.
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- Page 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11136
- Title
- Mexico To-Day: A Country with a Great Future, and a Glance at the Prehistoric Remains and Antiquities of the Montezumas
- Author
- Brocklehurst, Thomas Unett
- Illustrator
- Thomas Brocklehurst
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America;
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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