Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer. A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary, Of The World.Neary 100,000 Places, With The Most Recent Information Regarding Countries, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Cities, Towns.In Every Portion Of Th
by Thomas, J. and T. Baldwin, editors
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- Hardcover
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1857. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. Early Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Published 1857 (copyright 1855), likely the second printing. Original calf with leather spine label, titles in gilt, 2182 pp. mostly double-column format. A massive book, internally clean and solid with rubbing to extremities and a couple of short scrapes to the leather at the edge. Preface dated August 1, 1855. Invaluable as a reference to the geography (political and physical), commerce, education, religion, flora and fauna, and attitudes of the times. Very good..
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- Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer. A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary, Of The World.Neary 100,000 Places, With The Most Recent Information Regarding Countries, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Cities, Towns.In Every Portion Of Th
- Author
- Thomas, J. and T. Baldwin, editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Reference;
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