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Alfred Corning Clark Neighborhood House Cook Book
by Wills, Grace T.
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- Used - Orig. brown cloth lettered in black. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£60.01
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New York: C.B. Darrow, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth lettered in black. Very good. 83 pages. 18 x 12.5 cm. The author was a social worker, and Clark a notable American philanthropist and patron of the arts. This work is more a chapter in philanthropy, the half title reading "Receipts for Very Economical Cookery." Its recipes,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Illustrations To Popular Songs
by Alken, Henry
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- Used - Original half red roan, and matching red cloth, sine and front cover lettered in gilt
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- Second edition
- Published
- 1823
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£200.02
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London: Thomas McLean, 1823. Second edition. Hardcover. Original half red roan, and matching red cloth, sine and front cover lettered in gilt. Alken, Henry. Unpaginated. 25 x 36 cm. Thirty two of 42 engraved color plates including the frontispiece all with hand coloring printed recto only with blanks between each plate. All color plates bright and sharp from publisher's "Repository… Read more about this item Item Price
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Young Troublesome" or Master Jacky's Holidays
by Leech, John
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- Used - Three quarter green morocco and dark green cloth. Aeg. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1850
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- Hardcover
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£360.04
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter green morocco and dark green cloth. Aeg. Very good. Leetch, John. Unpaginated. 17.5 x 27 cm. Title and eleven hand-colored etched plates printed recto only. Half title with cast of characters printed on verso. Total of twenty-five illustrations with letterpress. FIELD p.160. Nicks to backstrip head and foot,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Follies Of The Year; A Series of Coloured Etchings from Punchs Pocket Books 1844-1864. With some Notes by Shirley Brooks
by Leech, John
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- Used - Orig. three quarter navy watered silk lettered in gilt, red morocco corners and spine. Aeg. Very good
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- First edition
- Published
- 1866
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£316.04
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London: Bradbury, Evans, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. three quarter navy watered silk lettered in gilt, red morocco corners and spine. Aeg. Very good. Leetch, John. Folio, 22 x 31 cm. Ttwenty-one etched plates by Leetch which were used as frontispieces to "Punch's Pocket Books." The plates and vignette on the title-page are colored by hand. FIELD p.101… Read more about this item Item Price
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Greenwich Village Types Tenements & Temples
by Wall, Bernhardt
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- Used - Orig. brown cloth and brown boards with watercolored title label (possibly from the original wrapper). Near fine
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- Third State
- Published
- 1920
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£1,780.22
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New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1920. Third State. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth and brown boards with watercolored title label (possibly from the original wrapper). Near fine. Unpaginated. 28 x 21 cm. Twenty-one etched plates with tissue guards. Signed by wall and numbered "copy no. 12" in his hand on title page. The half title states "Limited to 50 copies," and Bernhardt's… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,780.22
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One Midnight With Roosevelt
by Wall, Bernhardt
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- Used - Orig. light tan cloth and brown boards, front cover paper label. Very good
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- First edition
- Published
- 1922
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£760.10
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New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light tan cloth and brown boards, front cover paper label. Very good. Unpaginated. 28 x 21 cm. Eighteen etched plates in colored inks on wove paper with tissue guards. Signed by Wall, copy 7 of 250. Bernhardt details his delightful evening accompanied by Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee and Monsignor… Read more about this item Item Price
£760.10
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Photographs Rhode Island School Of Design
by Callahan, Harry
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- Used - Folio, loose as issued in repaired board sleeve lacking the slipcase. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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£1,640.21
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Providence: Photographic Education Society, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, loose as issued in repaired board sleeve lacking the slipcase. Very good. 31.5 x 25.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 146 of 150 with image area approx. 13 x 12 cm. 21 mounted photographs including Silver prints by Harry Callahan, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Bill Burke et al. Title leaf with colophon. Callahan… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,640.21
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Harlem As Seen By Hirschfield ; Text by William Saroyan
by Hirschfeld, Al
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- Used - Orig. white board front cover with multicolored illustration and tan cloth spine with white printed paper label. Near fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£3,160.40
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New York: Hyperion, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white board front cover with multicolored illustration and tan cloth spine with white printed paper label. Near fine. 46.5 x 36 cm. Limited edition, copy 460 of 1000. Six page introduction by Saroyan. Iconic study of Harlem life and culture, twenty four original lithographs, most in color. His ability to capture a… Read more about this item Item Price
£3,160.40
Secret Memoirs Of The Court Of St. Petersburgh Particularly Towards The End Of The Reign Of Catherine II. And The Commencement of That Of Paul I; Translated from the French
by London. H.S. Nichols & Co
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- Used - Orig. navy cloth front cover gilt decorated, spine lettered in gilt and slightly darkened. Very good
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- First edition
- Published
- 1895
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£100.01
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London: H.S. Nichols & Co, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth front cover gilt decorated, spine lettered in gilt and slightly darkened. Very good. 390 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Title page printed in red and black, frontispiece of Catherine II. Appendix. Mostly unopened. Presents customs and manners of the Russian… Read more about this item Item Price
£100.01
Art and Architecture in China
by Capon, Edmund
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- Used - Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1972
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- Stiff Wraps
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£28.00
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North Sydney: The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1972. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 118 pages. 25 x 24.5 cm. Illustrated mostly with color plates. Chronological Table. Maps. General Bibliography. Index. Item Price
£28.00
Journey Into China
by Washington D.C. National Geographic Society
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- Used - Orig. red cloth decorated and lettered in silver. Near fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
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£28.00
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Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth decorated and lettered in silver. Near fine. 518 pages. 412 color photographs. List of Authors. Bibliography and Index. Item Price
£28.00
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Cigar Box Labels
by New York. O.L. Schwencke Lithograph Engraver And Lithographer
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- Used - Modern full brown calf in Cambridge style binding. All edges red. Fine
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- 1900
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- Leather_bound
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£760.10
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New York: O.L. Schwencke, 1900. leather_bound. Modern full brown calf in Cambridge style binding. All edges red. Fine. 98 leaves. 27 x 19.5 cm. 100 labels, 81 full page and 19 multiple pages mounted chromolithograph plates. An elegant printer's sample book incorporating embossed printing as well as full color gold and silver examples. The labels present the spirit… Read more about this item Item Price
£760.10
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The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition Of Frank Norris's Works
by Norris, Frank
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- Used - Full crimson morocco. Teg. Fine. 10 Vols
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- First edition
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- 1928
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- Leather_bound
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£3,600.45
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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First edition. leather_bound. Full crimson morocco. Teg. Fine. 10 Vols. 22 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 17 of 245 with a 57 line manuscript page from the author's McTeague inserted in Vol. I with hand corrections and notations. Original ink smears and fingerprints of Norris. Introductions by H.L. Mencken, Theordore Drieser and… Read more about this item Item Price
£3,600.45
The Roadmender; Illustrated With Photographs by Will F. Taylor
by Fairless, Michael
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- Used - Orig. three quarter green morocco and green cloth and marbled endpapers. Teg. Near fine
- Published
- 1922
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£40.00
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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1922. Hardcover. Orig. three quarter green morocco and green cloth and marbled endpapers. Teg. Near fine. 121 pages. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. Illustrated with 20 photographs, bound from the Edinburgh sheets. The philosophical musings of a rural English laborer: "The swift stride of civilization is leaving behind individual effort, and turning man into the… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.00
Memoirs Of Mrs. Fitzherbert; With An Account Of Her Marriage With H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales Afterwards King George The Fourth
by Langdale, Charles
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- Used - Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1856
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£220.03
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London: Richard Bentley, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Fine. 202 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Mrs. Fitzherbert, a Catholic widow secretly married the Prince of Wales in 1785. George later denied it and married Princess Christina prompting something of a scandal and a good deal of "blimey". Mrs. Fitzpatrick… Read more about this item Item Price
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Romola
by Eliot, George (Mary Ann Evans)
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- Used - Full vellum, spine title in two colors, leather ties, marbled endpapers. Fine
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- New Edition
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- Nd
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- Leather_bound
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£600.08
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Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, Nd. New Edition. leather_bound. Full vellum, spine title in two colors, leather ties, marbled endpapers. Fine. 504 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Stereotype edition, extra illustrated with twenty five photos mostly views in Italy. Binding in full vellum with front cover elaborately decorated with portrait inset and multicolored motifs in a… Read more about this item Item Price
£600.08
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Days Of The Dandies
by Boaden, James; Burney, Fanny; Cibber, Colley; Woffington, Peg; Fitzgerald, Percy; Gronow, Captain; Molloy, J. Fitzgerald; Montague, Mary Wortley; Goldsmith, Oliver; Walpole, B.C.
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- Used - Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 15 Vols
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- Edition Definitive
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- Nd
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£2,800.35
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London: Grolier Society, Nd. Edition Definitive. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 15 Vols. 23 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 50 for L. Dean Holder and noted as "Edition Definitive" (Printed for the members of the Union Club Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. 1902). Bookplates of Virginia Hawley Holden descendent of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Soviet Era; The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography
by Markov-Grinberg
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- Used - Orig. gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper
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- First edition
- Published
- 2012
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- Hardcover
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£80.01
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Bologna: Damiani editore, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Markov-Grinberg. 156 pages, 28.5 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated with Markov-Grinberg photographs, starting with his early work as a photo journalist started in the 1930's covering the collective farms through World War II and beyond; however,the majority of images are from the 1930's.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jugend [Youth]; Presented by Jeannette Stocheck
by Tubke, Albrecht
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- Used - Orig. illustrated boards. Fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 2010
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- Hardcover
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£60.01
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Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine. Tubke, Albrecht. Unpaginated. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Portraits of young people between the ages of 15 and sixteen, the adolescent search for identity and individuality. Text in English and German. Bright, fresh copy. Item Price
£60.01
The Swiss Family Robinson; Illustrated with Engravings by David Gentleman and Introduced by Robert Cushman Murphy
by Wyss. Johann
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- Used - Orig. decorated cloth. Fine in fine slipcase
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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£32.00
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New York: Heritage Press, 1964. Hardcover. Orig. decorated cloth. Fine in fine slipcase. (xiii) 354 pages. 25.5 x 16 cm. Full page black and white and text illustrations. As new copy. Item Price
£32.00