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ELEVEN FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS ON HISTORY AND TRAVEL

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ELEVEN FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS ON HISTORY AND TRAVEL

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Selection of eleven The Folio Society hardcover books on history and travel comprising, "Beryl Bainbridge, "Everyman Man For Himself", 2016, Jacques Barzun, "From Dawn To Decadence" (two volumes), 2015, Benjamin Cowburn, "No Cloak, No Dagger: Allied Spycraft In Occupied France", 2011, Captain Charles Johnson, "A General History Of The Robberies And Murders Of The Most Notorious Pirates", 2018, Amin Maalouf, "The Crusades Through Arab Eyes", 2013, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, "Wind, Sand And Stars", 2015 "Barbara Tuchman, "The Zimmerman Telegram", 2004, Oswald Tesimondalias, "The Gunpowder Plot: The Narrative Of Oswald Tesimondalias Greenway", 2005, Geza Vermes, "The Dead Sea Scrolls", 2013, and Glyn Williams, "The Quest For The North West Passage", 2018.

Provenance: From the Private Collection of Joel A. Katz, Atlanta, Georgia.

Approx. "The Quest For The North West Passage" h. 10", w. 7", d. 2".

Condition

Very good, some dents to slipcases, books appear unread.

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ELEVEN FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS ON HISTORY AND TRAVEL

Name: ELEVEN FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS ON HISTORY AND TRAVEL
SKU: 142900773
Price: 225 USD
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