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Lang's Red True Story Book 1895 in dust jacket

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Description

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Author: Lang, Andrew, editor
Title: The Red True Story Book
Place Published: London
Publisher:Longman's, Green, and Co.
Date Published: 1895
Description:

xii, 419 pp. Woodcut illustrations. (8vo) original red cloth, pictorially gilt, pictorial dust jacket repeating cover design. First Edition.

Exceedingly rare in the original dust jacket.

Condition

Jacket with several large chips and a few small tape repairs on the reverse; volume fine but for a bit of fading at head and heel of spine and a small spot on the backstrip.

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Lang's Red True Story Book 1895 in dust jacket

Name: Lang's Red True Story Book 1895 in dust jacket
SKU: 56778324
Price: 250 USD
Availability: InStock

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