Description
Good to Very good condition hardcover books. French text. Please be aware that for this heavy set of books, USPS Ground Advantage shipping might be less expensive in some cases than USPS media rate shipping. I offer both services in this listing. This 3 Volume set of books is from the personal library of Lincoln MacVeagh, former US ambassador to Spain, Portugal, Greece, Yugoslavia, South Africa, and Iceland. He was also US Minister to Greece. Many of these appointments were during the sensitive times of WWII. Exterior: 3/4 leather binding is clean tight and square. The leather straps top and bottom of the spines are somewhat crumbly. Five raised bands on the spine. Leather spine and corners. Marbled paper on boards. Gilt text on the spine. Top page edges gilt. Corner, spine end and spine edge wear. Brown leather spine back. Black leather showing front and back of the books. About 9-1/4” tall. Interior: pages are clean with no tears. Pages have toned margins. Lincoln and Margaret MacVeagh bookplate on all 3 front pastedowns. Volume 1: 1911 stated 6th edition. gutter cracked behind the front free endpaper. Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh signed the second free page. I found a couple pages with some marginalia. Third blank page from the back has three lines of pencil handwriting at the top. Front endpaper has a bottom corner crease. 577 pages. Volume 2: 1911 stated 5th edition. Pages clean with no handwriting tears or creasing. 671 pages. Volume 3: 1911 stated 4th edition. Pages clean with no handwriting tears or creasing. 687 pages.
Dan Nievesa7
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Harry Robbins
Received the classic children’s book, which has brought back floods of memories. Arrived in perfect condition as described. Appropriate packaging. Reasonable postage considering how far the book travelled. Good value. Huge thanks.
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