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Tom Brown at Oxford
by Thomas Hughes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Two volumes. Frontispiece. Bound in half leather. Gilt tooled spines. Decorative endpapers and textblock edges matching the boards. Some light rubbing and shelf wear. Clean interior. Bookplate of George Willis Pack on inside covers.
George Willis Pack (born 1831, Peterboro, New York; d. August 31, 1906, Southampton, Long Island, New York) was a second-generation timberman in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Building on his father's legacy, over the course of several decades, Pack successfully developed his timber businesses, becoming one of Michigan's first millionaires.
George Willis Pack (born 1831, Peterboro, New York; d. August 31, 1906, Southampton, Long Island, New York) was a second-generation timberman in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Building on his father's legacy, over the course of several decades, Pack successfully developed his timber businesses, becoming one of Michigan's first millionaires.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3281
- Title
- Tom Brown at Oxford
- Author
- Thomas Hughes
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1862
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Binding;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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