Signs of Change: Seven Lectures Delivered on Various Occasions
by Morris, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Reeves and Turner. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Some bruising and tiny 1/16" chips to cloth at spine ends. Moderate rubbing to edges of spine and boards. Spine faded. A couple of 1/8" chips to cloth at tips of corners of boards. Owner's signature on half title. Gutter split at front hinge. ; viii, [2], 202 pages + [2], 16 pages advertisements. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. The sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements are dated January 1895. Dimensions: 7 7/8" x 5". ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5415
- Title
- Signs of Change: Seven Lectures Delivered on Various Occasions
- Author
- Morris, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Reeves and Turner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
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About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Gutter
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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