Singular Travels, Campaigns and Adventures of Baron Munchausen
by Raspe, R. E. and others; edited and with an Introduction by John Carswell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: The Cresset Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. First Thus. Hardcover. No signatures. Some fading and foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; (xlvi), 178 pages. Dark blue buckram cloth boards with gilt on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 196 x 125mm. Illustarted with wood engravings by Leslie Wood. Includes an 11 page bibliography of early editions of Baron Munchausen's travels at rear, beginning with the 1786 London edition, "three copies [. . .] can be traced." Series title: "The Cresset Library". .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19400
- Title
- Singular Travels, Campaigns and Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Author
- Raspe, R. E. and others; edited and with an Introduction by John Carswell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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