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Spanish Holiday **Inscribed by Author**
by S. P. B. Mais
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Alvin Redman Limited, 1955. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Alvin Redman Limited, London, 1955. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition/Early if not First Printing.Book is maroon cloth with gilt letters and decoration on the spine...which appears new though slight tips pushed at bottom. No wear to extremities, covers clean and bright and no internal markings. Tiny tear and fold at bottom o page 197. Vibrant, colorful dust jacket somewhat chipped, torn and creased at most edges especially spine top and bottom and tips. There is some shelfwear. Original price present (15 shillings) Author inscription reads, "Please return to .....signed by author with a partial address." "The book is written in the form of two personal diaries [and is] a delightfully intimate and entertaining volume for the armchair traveller." Looks great in shiny new mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000393
- Title
- Spanish Holiday **Inscribed by Author**
- Author
- S. P. B. Mais
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alvin Redman Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel Spain Personal Memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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About the Seller
Winding Road Books
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Templeton, California
About Winding Road Books
Specialize in Psychology, First Editions, Speculative Fiction
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