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THE TONTINE VOLUME II
by COSTAIN, THOMAS B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
U.S.A: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Herbert Ryman. Type: Hardback VOLUME II. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Grey cloth with three green panels on spine w/gilt titles. Clean and unmarked, tight and solid; with slight wear to extremities; bottom front corner very gently bumped; slight depression of cloth to lower spine near heel. Top edge of page block stained green, has a black rem mk on it. Rough cut. Title page and verso with green tones illustrations in line sketches by Herbert Ryman that are a delight, capturing the times, the people, the fashions. Interior is quite clean and free of any markings, pages lightly and evenly toned.The story begins when the Battle of Waterloo was fought and ends when the 19th century is coming to its close. It is filled with the people and romance of a fast-changing civilization and of the building of a huge trade empire--ex-kings, princesses, millionaires, actresses, sailors, planters, portrait painters--and is centered in London, but takes the reader also to America, Jamaica, Bermuda. Historical fiction. Pages 467-930. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Publisher: New York. Doubleday, 1955.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009509
- Title
- THE TONTINE VOLUME II
- Author
- COSTAIN, THOMAS B
- Illustrator
- Herbert Ryman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORICAL FICTION; LONDON-19TH CENTURY; AMERICA-19TH JAMAICA;
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