Looking at Life: Or, Thoughts and Things
by Sala, George Augustus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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Hull, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860. First Edition. 1st Printing.. Leather Bound. Good+. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Good+. Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, London, UK 1860. Signed by Author with paper pasted on Title page. First Edition. 1st Printing. 473 pages. Dark red leather spine and board tips, marbled boards. Moderate general wear. Marbled paper partly stripped from rear board. A manuscript fragment pasted on front endpaper. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Sala was a frequent contributor to Charles Dickens Household Words. Literature Non-Fiction History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War History::Britain 6621 6621
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- BookScene
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115280
- Title
- Looking at Life: Or, Thoughts and Things
- Author
- Sala, George Augustus
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition. 1st Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall
- Keywords
- Literature Non-Fiction History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War History::Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Non-Fiction;
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled boards
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