WHITAKER'S ALMANACK
by Joseph Whitaker
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
CA$89.88CA$71.90
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London- UK: Whitaker, 1908. WHITAKER'S ALMANACK- Joseph Whitaker- Illustrated- Whitaker-London-UK- 1908- 1st Thus-40th Edition-1st printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG++/ no dj as issued- 1/4 red leather spine with gilt titles and green cloth boards- 1083pp are clean, no tears or writing- binding is tight-no loose pages- "Containing an account of the astronomical and other phenonema & A Vast amount of information respecting the government- financial population, commerce and general statistics of the British Empire throughout the world with some notice of other countries etc..etc."- Wonderful ads and illustrations-lists of royalty and blue bloods- wages by government-the royal household-army lists-colonial and foreign banks-shipping -railroad stats-etcetc- a vast amount of knowledge in this book- This 1908 version is very SCARCE!- Non-fiction-almanack-British Empire-Britain-Illustrated (919). 1st Edition-1st Printing. 1/4 Leather & Cloth. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 919
- Title
- WHITAKER'S ALMANACK
- Author
- Joseph Whitaker
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- Whitaker
- Place of Publication
- London- UK
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Non-fiction-almanack-British Empire-Britain-Illustrated
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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