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An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary; containing a faithful account of the lives, actions, and characters of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; also the revolutions of the states and the successions of sovereign princes, ancient and modern, collected from the best authorities by John Watkins
by John Watkins
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
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About This Item
London, England: T. Davison and T. Gillet for R. Phillips, 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary; containing a faithful account of the lives, actions, and characters of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; also the revolutions of the states and the successions of sovereign princes, ancient and modern, collected from the best authorities by John Watkins. This scarce volume is in difficult condition and priced accordingly. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, unpaginated (approx 700 pages), three-quarter leather over boards. A fair copy overall, covers loose, back strip missing, binding broken into two halves, signatures divided about mid-book. BUT internally fairly clean and paper light to moderately yellowed and not fragile, leaving the possibility of rebounding.
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- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43723
- Title
- An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary; containing a faithful account of the lives, actions, and characters of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; also the revolutions of the states and the successions of sovereign princes, ancient and modern, collected from the best authorities by John Watkins
- Author
- John Watkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Davison and T. Gillet for R. Phillips
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1800
- Keywords
- Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Biography; Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
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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.
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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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Fair
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