Allibone's, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century, Containing over Forty-Six Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects, Volumes I, II, and III, Complete (One, Two Three, 1, 2, 3)

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095177

Title

Allibone's, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century, Containing over Forty-Six Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects, Volumes I, II, and III, Complete (One, Two Three, 1, 2, 3)

Author

Allibone, S. Austin

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Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Good+

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No Jacket

Publisher

J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Date Published

1871

Size

4to - over 9¾ - 12"

Weight

0.00 lbs

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Allibone's, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century, Containing over Forty-Six Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty I

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