Peter the Great by K. Waliszewski; Translated from the French by Lady Mary Loyd
by Waliszewski, Kazimierz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good -. x, 562, [4] p., frontispiece portrait of Peter the Great; 21 cm. Mustard cloth with bevelled edges; gilt stamped spine and cover titles; gilt, red, and black Russian eagle on front cover. Top page edges gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Publisher's advertisement on p. [ii]. Publisher's catalog on 4 pages following text. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: John G. Wilson 1898. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Casway. In Very Good- Condition: cover soiled; cocked; ends of spine starting to fray; spine sunned; pages are clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009381
- Title
- Peter the Great by K. Waliszewski; Translated from the French by Lady Mary Loyd
- Author
- Waliszewski, Kazimierz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
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Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- 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....
- G
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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