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Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science. (2 vols)
Kett, Henry
Description:
Book Description: With Lists of the most approved authors; including the Best Editions of the Classics. Designed chiefly for the junior students in the universities, and the higher classes in schools. 483 pages + 456 pages. Hard covers. Brown boards. With gilt decoration to the extremities of the boards. Gilt titles on the spine.
Book Condition: General wear to the boards. Corners of the boards are bumped and slightly frayed. Light foxing to the edges of the boards. Foxing through out the text block, but it is heavier to the beginning and ending pages. Binding is beautifully tight and square. Vol 1: Large stain to th top edge of the front board next to the head of the spine. Small chip to the head of the spine. There is a 0.5" x 2.5" section missing from the bottom of the front free end paper. Vol 2: Some light creasing to the title page. Overall the set is in lovely condition for its age.
Details:
- Publisher: Messrs
- Publisher Place: Rivington
- Date of Publication: 1803
- Edition: Fourth Edition
- Jacket Condition: No Jacket
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: Octavo
- Lot No: 420
- Hammer Price: $70
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 37
- Estimate: $100 - 250
- Reserve: $70
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- Address: P. O. Box 130717, Bryanston, 2074
- Contact Person: Doron Locketz
- Country of Origin: South Africa
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- Website: http://www.abebooks.com/home/BMGV/
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- Trade Association: South African Bookdealers Association
- Additional Information: We are a group of five shops, all located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Our different branches specialise in different areas, but on the whole, each branch has a good selection of Africana, Africana Militaria, Natural Hist
