REALMAH. By the Author of "Friends in Council". In Two Volumes.
by HELPS, Arthur
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Octavo, original dark blue cloth bordered in blind and with a small decorative device in gilt on front panels, gilt decorations & titles to spines. Brown coated endpapers. 299 + 320 pp, [4] pp ads + [48] pp publishers cat alogue at rear of Vol. 1, dated 5.68. Withdrawn from the Birmingham University Library, with their bookplates on the front endpapers, stamps to title leaves and old call numbers neatly removed from the base of the spines. Corners a bit bumped and spines a trifle dull, a very good set.
¶ A Utopian novel of a pre-historic empire called "Sheviri" in Southern Europe. Also a planet of the living dead.
¶ A Utopian novel of a pre-historic empire called "Sheviri" in Southern Europe. Also a planet of the living dead.
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 301684
- Title
- REALMAH. By the Author of "Friends in Council". In Two Volumes.
- Author
- HELPS, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- Device
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