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The Realm of the Great Goddess: The Story of the Megalith Builders [Vicki Matthews' copy]
by Cles-Reden, Sibylle von
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Slightly worn and faded
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thames & Hudson, 1961. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 328, very clean internally, pale green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly faded on the spine and price-clipped by the publisher, it has slight sellotape residues on the foldover flaps and inside the cover, but otherwise is very good. [From the library of the Kew botanist Vicki Matthews, with her bookplate on the front endpaper.]. First British edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018969
- Title
- The Realm of the Great Goddess: The Story of the Megalith Builders [Vicki Matthews' copy]
- Author
- Cles-Reden, Sibylle von
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Slightly worn and faded
- Edition
- First British edition
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Bookplate
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- Dustwrapper
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- Flap(s)
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- Spine
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