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DOYLE**, ARTHUR CONAN: : THE REFUGEES: A TALE OF TWO CONTINENTS

LONDON.LONGMANS,GREEN AND CO.,1901.[NEW IMPRESSION.]

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UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,reprint.[Originally published April,1893 in 3 vols.First re-issued in the "Silver Library" May,1895,reprinted in May,1896,then August,1898 and this edn/issue November,1901.] VG++.No owner inscrptn.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original burgundy cloth boards with single line gilt border to front,bright,crisp,blocked and non-oxidised gilt lettering and 'Silver Library' logo to spine/backstrip and plain undecorated rear board also with blind blocked plain single line border without gilt decoration.With negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or loss present,decorative endpapers ochre/white swan+sailing ship repetetive design,with 1726 worked into the illustration.Top edges trimmed and polished,fore+bottom edges deckled (untrimmed) with obvious ageing/toning and some minimal but sporadic foxing spots; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, 8vo HB,reprint,1-384pp [paginated] includes Pts I+II comprising 23 and 17 chapters respectively, 24 b/w illustrations throughout the text and the book - all called for and all by Bror Thure Thulstrup(?); plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w illustrated frntis,title page,contents list/ table with illustrations list/table to reverse. An historical novel that revolves around Amory de Catinat,a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV,and of Amos Green,an American who comes to visit France.Major themes include Louis XIV's marriage to Madame de Maintenon,retirement from court of Madame de Montespan,the revoking of the Edict of Nantes and the subsequent emigration of the Huguenot de Catinats to America. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,reprint.
Not SIGNED.

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