THE BEAUTIES OF THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND; BEING A SELECTION OF INTERESTING PIECES, FROM THAT CELEBRATED AUTHOR M. BERQUIN INTENDED TO PROMOTE A LOVE
by Berquin, M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Manning & Loring, and Lemuel Blake, 1808. Hardcover. Very Good. Old calf, red leather label spine, 8vo, 312p, lacking ffe and blank rears, torn, title page and next 3 pages torn, one of them, the dedication page missing lower right corner.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012483
- Title
- THE BEAUTIES OF THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND; BEING A SELECTION OF INTERESTING PIECES, FROM THAT CELEBRATED AUTHOR M. BERQUIN INTENDED TO PROMOTE A LOVE
- Author
- Berquin, M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Manning & Loring, and Lemuel Blake
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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