The Rare Adventures and Painful Peregrinations of William Lithgow
by LITHGOW, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
London, The Folio Society, 1974., 1974. First edition thus. 8vo. Edited with an introduction and notes by Gilbert Phelps. 10 b/w facsimile illustrations; 4 b/w test maps (3 double-page) by K.C. Jordan; color map on endpapers. Original gilt stamped dark green cloth, stamped gilt and orange on the spine. Very good-fine. 290 pages. As issued, without dust jacket. Original publisher's slipcase. No signatures or bookplates.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305033
- Title
- The Rare Adventures and Painful Peregrinations of William Lithgow
- Author
- LITHGOW, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Folio Society, 1974.
- Date Published
- 1974
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- Facsimile
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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