The World of Knowledge
by MORSE, Sidney
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Good+
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's light blue cloth with spine and upper panel lettering gilt, octavo, pp. 106. Complete with the large fold-out map in Very Good condition. Book lists at rear compiled by Jesse Lee Bennett. The light blue cloth has faded a bit across the century, and there is mild shelf wear at the spine ends. Small old Boston bookstore ticket near bottom edge of free front endpaper. Dust jacket also with shelf wear at spine ends and a little rubbing here and there along perimeter. Jacket ensconced now in a new sheet of removable Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3862
- Title
- The World of Knowledge
- Author
- MORSE, Sidney
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The John Day Company, [1925]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference;
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- Shelf Wear
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