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 Subject
by Allibone, S. Austin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Good+. 1888. Hardcover; Later Printing. Black cloth bindings with gilt lettering rubbed at extremities; spine ends slightly frayed; backstrips sunned; boards a bit scuffed; some hinges just starting to crack, but still fairly firm; owner's name pencilled on front endpaper of vol. 1; leaf edges, endpapers lightly foxed/smudged, else a very sturdy, clean set. ; In three volumes. ; 4to; 1100+/vol. pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34071
- Title
- 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 Subject
- Author
- Allibone, S. Austin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; Later Printing
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- English Literature, Literary Bibliography, Literary Biography, English Authors, American Authors, Literary Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Basement: Books on Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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