A HAND-BOOK OF PROVERBS Comprising an entire republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with his additions from foreign languages and A Complete Alphabetical Index.
by BOHN Henry G.:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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ACLE,Norfolk., United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Bell. 1879. (10214) Hardback. 583 pages. Good in dark brown leather with blind tooling on front and rear boards, gilt motifs on 5 raised bands on spine and faded titling to spine. Edge of textblock coloured red, matching red marbled enpapers at front and rear. No inscriptions. This book has been rebound (rebacked with matching dark brown leather) and original spine-piece reaffixed. A sound tight very clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Virginia Bank Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10214
- Title
- A HAND-BOOK OF PROVERBS Comprising an entire republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with his additions from foreign languages and A Complete Alphabetical Index.
- Author
- BOHN Henry G.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Bell. 1879.
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Virginia Bank Books
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ACLE,Norfolk.
About Virginia Bank Books
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