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Cruisings and Adventures in Italy and Africa. Pictures from Italy : Crusades in Africa : The Prisoners of Abd-el-Kader or Five Months among the Arabs.
by Dickens, Charles : Lady Duff Gordon : M.A. De France
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good endpapers foxed,
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York.: Leavitt and Allen., No date but circa 1860. First edition thus.. Publisher’s blindstamped red cloth, gilt spine decorations.. Very good endpapers foxed, . 8vo., 19.5x12.5 cm.. An odd little travel book with and early printing of Dickens’ “Pictures from Italy” retitled “Life in Italy”. Scarce. weight: 1.4 lb. Crusades in Africa and Five months among the Arabs translated by Lady Duff Gordon.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355444
- Title
- Cruisings and Adventures in Italy and Africa. Pictures from Italy : Crusades in Africa : The Prisoners of Abd-el-Kader or Five Months among the Arabs.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles : Lady Duff Gordon : M.A. De France
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s blindstamped red cloth, gilt spine decorations.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good endpapers foxed,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leavitt and Allen.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- No date but circa 1860
- Pages
- 184;173 pp.
- Size
- 8vo., 19.5x12.5 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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