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Observacions : ARGENTINA, 2005. RÚSTICA. PERFECTO ESTADO. 324 PP.

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:1403916314.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good - Original. - (illustratore). FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. FIRST PRINTING - The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fair exhibitions of culture and industry that were to become a popular 19th-century feature. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert, the spouse of the reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time, including Charles Darwin, Samuel Colt, members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, and George Eliot. ~~~ Condition & Description: The original dustjacket houses this wonderful book. It has been priceclipped. It has cellotape residue at the top of the spine. Few small areas of chipping. Few small closed edge tears. Creasing and sscuffing to extremities. I have housed this in a removable archival sleeve. ~ Green cloth boards with faded gold lettering to the spine. Light soiling. Tightly bound to inner page block. ~ Very light foxing to the endpages. There are 297 pages including the index to the rear and these are beautifully clean and all pages are tightly bound. ~ The accompanying illustrations are both informative and highly decorative. ~ Miss Ffrench had access to many original and official documents hitherto unused, and therefore helps the reader see the Exhibition in all its stages; its genesis; its development and its triumphant fulfilment. ~ This book is a truly wonderful, historical account of: 'The Great Exhibition of 1851' - END - Plus bonus item: Folder of The Great Exhibition 1851 ephemera; several interesting items. - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest.