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Antique Book Penguin Island Anatole France Blue Leather 1909 11th Ed. Dodd Mead

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Antique Book Penguin Island Anatole France Blue Leather 1909 11th Ed. Dodd Mead

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Penguin Island by Anatole France 1909 11th Edition Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 345 pages.Beautifully bound in blue leather with gilt embossed decoration on front cover.Gilt title to spine. Gilt upper page edges.Spine ends chipped, 1/4” lower spine end chipped off, edgewear, tips worn. Front cover & ffep detached. Text block clean. Covers scratched, worn. Leather on back cover detached from board. No writing, no other loose, torn or missing pages.

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Antique Book Penguin Island Anatole France Blue Leather 1909 11th Ed. Dodd Mead

Name: Antique Book Penguin Island Anatole France Blue Leather 1909 11th Ed. Dodd Mead
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Price: 70 USD
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