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The Story of the Life of Lafayette, as told by a father to his children. (by the author of the 'Children's Robinson Crusoe')
by [Eliza Ware Rotch Farrar / aka Mrs. John Farrar]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Sold as a scarce title despite the condition. 16mo, 6 1/4" tall, 284 pages, quarter-leather over paper-covered boards; b&w frontispiece of Lafayette. A good copy only with general shelf wear, cover edges worn through to boards, leather starting to split at the front hinge, front hinge broken but holding, binding relatively solid, paper lightly yellowed but with foxing throughout, a previous owner's bookplate, and with a very few scattered underlinings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18001
- Title
- The Story of the Life of Lafayette, as told by a father to his children. (by the author of the 'Children's Robinson Crusoe')
- Author
- [Eliza Ware Rotch Farrar / aka Mrs. John Farrar]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1831
- Keywords
- American History; American Revolution; Biography; French History
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About the Seller
Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Newmarket, New Hampshire
About Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
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Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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