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How Lisa Loved the King

How Lisa Loved the King

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How Lisa Loved the King

by Eliot, George

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Original brown cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, covers ruled in blind, brown endpapers. Faintest traces of soiling. Ownershi
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Boston: Fields, Osgood and Company, 1869. First edition in book form, first printing. pp. [vi], 48; [vi]. 1 vols. 12mo. Original brown cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, covers ruled in blind, brown endpapers. Faintest traces of soiling. Ownership inscription dated Mar. 16th, 1870. A near fine copy. First edition in book form, first printing. pp. [vi], 48; [vi]. 1 vols. 12mo. George Eliot First. George Eliot's rendition in verse of this tale from Boccaccio's Decameron was first printed in Blackwood's Magazine in May 1869 and soon afterwards published in book form in America by Fields & Osgood. It did not appear in book form in England until 1874 when it was included in The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems.
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James Cummins Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
334799
Title
How Lisa Loved the King
Author
Eliot, George
Format/Binding
Pp. [vi], 48; [vi]. 1 vols. 12mo
Book Condition
Used - Original brown cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, covers ruled in blind, brown endpapers. Faintest traces of soiling. Ownershi
Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition in book form, first printing
Publisher
Fields, Osgood and Company
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1869
Keywords
British | Love & Romance
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Literature;

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Cloth
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Fine
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12mo
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