Catalogue of a Collection of Early French Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray
by Hugh W. Davies
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About This Item
Quarter white vegetable parchment with blue cloth covered boards, gold stamped lettering on spines. xviii,600; iv,601-1096,lxviii pages. The Holland Press reprint of the renowned Fairfax Murray catalogue. The original was limited to 100 copies. This edition is considered the best of several reprints. Profusely illustrated. Quality of reproduction is very high. Books are very good plus, with some wear to the corners of the volumes.
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- Bookseller
- Four Rivers Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16806
- Title
- Catalogue of a Collection of Early French Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray
- Author
- Hugh W. Davies
- Illustrator
- J. Kingsley Cook
- Format/Binding
- Quarter white vegetable parchment with blue cloth covered boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Holland Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- xviii,600; iv,601-1096,lxviii pages
- Size
- 8.5 x 11 inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliographies
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Four Rivers Books, LLC
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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