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A Study of History - 2 Volume Set: Abridgement Vol I-VI and Abridgement Vol VII-X
by Toynbee, Arnold J.; Abridgement by D. C Somervell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY and London: Oxford Univ Pr, 1957. 2 volume set. Hard covers in matching cloth. Published NY and London: Oxford Univ Pr., 1957. 8vo., xii+617pp., illus with tables, one fold out; xii+414pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Volume One is a twelveth printing (1953); Volume Two is a first American edition (1957). VolumeTwo has some underlining in the text and four pages of offset toning from laid in book review clippings. The spine of Volume One is sun faded. Otherwise very good. Bindings tight, pages bright. Trimmed dust jacket flaps and rear panel for Volume One laid in. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009276
- Title
- A Study of History - 2 Volume Set: Abridgement Vol I-VI and Abridgement Vol VII-X
- Author
- Toynbee, Arnold J.; Abridgement by D. C Somervell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- NY and London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- England & Europe;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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