Recollections of Past Life
by Holland, Sir Henry (Signed)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and CO, 1872. Hardcover. Very good. First edition after the privately printed edition of 1868. 8vo. viii, 346pp plus 2 page publisher's catalogue. Publsher's green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board; brown coated endpapers. Nearly imperceptibly rebacked; a very good copy. With an autograph letter form the author to Lady Pakington bound in. "...I feel grateful in learing that my little volume of Recollections has given you pleasure. Sir John knew well many of the public characters mentioned in it. .."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17384
- Title
- Recollections of Past Life
- Author
- Holland, Sir Henry (Signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and CO
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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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....