Medieval Europe: Its Development and Civilization
by Lynn Thorndike
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1920. Hardcover. Good. 1920. First Edition. 665 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1681219781IEV
- Title
- Medieval Europe: Its Development and Civilization
- Author
- Lynn Thorndike
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
- Date Published
- 1920
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gutter
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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