WIT AND WISDOM OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH BEING SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS AND PASSAGES OF HIS LETTERS AND TABLE-TALK
by Duyckinck, Evert A
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NY W.J.Widdleton 1870. Cover wear, 2 leaves w/gutter binding flaw, hinge tender. G. 12mo. 458p. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED by Duyckinck. Duyckinck was a prominent editor in nineteenth-century America. He worked with a number of important writers, including Melville. . Good. Hardcover. 1870.
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- Title
- WIT AND WISDOM OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH BEING SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS AND PASSAGES OF HIS LETTERS AND TABLE-TALK
- Author
- Duyckinck, Evert A
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Publisher
- NY W.J.Widdleton 1870
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- 19TH CENTURY BIOGRAPHY INSCRIBED
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