Spain -- with over seventeen hundred illustrations, including forty-six coloured plates. In two volumes [complete].
by Calvert, Albert F
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent, 1911. Book. Illus. by Haddon, Trevor. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes bound as one. Gilt decorative red cloth hardcovers. Very bright, with a slight fading to spine, and very little shelfwear. Plain endpapers. Colour map frontispiece and colour and black & white plates. Colour plates from paintings by Trevor Haddon, with tissue guards. A clean, bright and completely unmarked copy. A heavy edition, printed on high-quality coated paper. Very nice. Includes publisher's catalogue of Calvert's works on Spain. xxviii,[v-xx]896[+ plates][+ publisher's catalogue]pp..
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- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17865
- Title
- Spain -- with over seventeen hundred illustrations, including forty-six coloured plates. In two volumes [complete].
- Author
- Calvert, Albert F
- Illustrator
- Haddon, Trevor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- history places geography cities towns villages natural history illustrated Spain Spanish country countryside people
- Bookseller catalogs
- Routledge & Burton Collection;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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London (Birr), Ontario
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