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(Original Steel Engraving) 'BEER Section of Brewery' from Encyclopedia of Chemistry . Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical. 1877
by By Writers of Eminence
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- 1877
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1877. Print. Near Fine. Single Sheet. Single sheet, original center fold, as issued. Near Fine, two small spots. Titled BEER Section of Brewery, from the 1877 J. B. Lippincott book Encyclopedia of Chemistry. Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical. A fascinating cross section view of an 1870s brewery manufacturing building, well suited for framing. 14… Read more about this item Item Price
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( In Fine Ornately Gilt Victorian 19th Century Binding ) THE QURAN ( Koran )
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- Hardcover
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£1,937.50
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No Publisher Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A fine 19th century Quran in intricately gilt-tooled wrap-around leather binding, all edges gilt, in printed Naskh script with a beautiful illuminated conjugated lawh that is reminiscent of fine Persian carpet. The text bordered in wide gilt rule, with black, red and gilt in the text.… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Famous First Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Alexander MacDonald's Copy, with His Personal Book Plate and SIGNED by MacDonald) The Epicurean, A Tale. and ALCIPHRON, A Poem
by Turner, J.M.W. ; Moore, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1839
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£3,487.50
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London : John Macrone, 1839. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The personal copy of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, the First Prime Minister of Canada, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by him at front end page -"John A. Macdonald from his friend - 1846" and with his personal book plate at front paste down. Below Macdonald's… Read more about this item Item Price
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A SAMMELBAND OF 68 BRITISH PEERESS MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO HARDING & COMPANY, LONDON, 1843-1859
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- 1843
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- Hardcover
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London, 1843. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good, bound in Stitched paper covered boards, lacking the spine, a fragment of spine laid in with partial title -"ASHBY HAR(DING) LETTER OF PEERESS". A fascinating collection of letters mostly requesting various goods and items to be sent -"The Ladies Cornwallis will be glad… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gold-Headed Cane
by [MacMichael, Dr. William] (1783-1839)
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- First Edition
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- 1827
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£271.25
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No Place (Cleveland, OH): John Murray, 1827. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 8vo. [viii], 179, [1] pp. Woodcuts. Later half calf over orange woodgrain paste-paper boards, spine head repair, Very Good, bookplate front paste down with old seller's catalogue listing pasted over, pencil notations front paste down and title page with notation "Re-bound by J. D. Rose". "This… Read more about this item Item Price
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Doctor Syntax's Three Tours: In Search of the Picturesque, Consolation, and a Wife
by Combe, William; with Eighty Full Oage Illustrations Drawn and Coloured After the Originals by T. Rowlandson
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- Later Edition
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£232.50
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London: John Camden Hotten Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (iii)-xlviii, (1), 354, 19 (publisher's catalogue, pp. No Date, circa 1869, date of publisher's catalogue at end. List of the Plates lists 79 colored plates while title page states there are 80. The original ed., complete and unabridged, with the life and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. In Six Volumes. The Centenary Edition
by Wordsworth, William
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Centenary Edition
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- 1870
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£968.75
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London: E. Moxon, Son & Co., 1870. Book. Near Fine. Morocco. First Centenary Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Six volumes finely bound by Bickers & Son in full green morocco, sumptuously gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon markers. Near Fine, tops dulled, corners with mild rubbing, prior owner bookplate covers entire front paste downs, prior… Read more about this item Item Price
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Flowers of German Poetry
by Flugel, Dr. J. G.
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1835
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£232.50
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Leipsic: Printed for Julius Klinkhardt, 1835. Book. Very Good Plus. Morocco. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. iv, 311, (5, unnumberd) pages. English and German on opposite pages. Bound in contemporary chocolate morocco, floral gilt back, crown over initial "D." stamped center of covers, marbled end papers, page edges red. Extra-illustrated with a strange photograph of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science, with Lists of the Most Approved Authors; Including the Best Editions of the Classics.....in Two Volumes.
by Kett, Henry
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- Second Edition Revised and Corrected
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- 1802
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£310.00
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London: Printed for Messrs. Rivington .....by Bye and Law, 1802. Book. Very Good -. Full Calf. Second Edition Revised and Corrected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes bound in contemporary calf. Very Good, 1816 gift inscriptions in ink at title pages, light edgewear and rubbing to boards, toning at end papers only. xx, 480, 454, (1) pages..… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE COMIC ALMANACK: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities. First (1835-1843) and Second (1844-1853) Series)
by Cruikshank, George; Thackeray, William Makepeace,, and Other
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- Later Edition
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£387.50
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London: Chatto & Windus Book. Very Good. Full Calf. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No date, circa 1870s . Two volumes finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London in forest green polished calf, gilt backs with Cruikshanks signature in gilt along with four of his comic figures in gilt, patterned end papers with wide floral… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Eli Lilly Association Copy) Comic Arithmetic
by ( Crownquill, Alfred - Pseud. of Alfred Henry Forrester) Attributed to
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- First Edition
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- 1844
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£310.00
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London: Richard Bentley, 1844. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Inscription front end page -"Sally Reahard from Ruth Lilly - 1938". A wonderful book collecting Association Copy. "An elderly Indianapolis recluse, a fortune in Eli Lilly & Co. stock and a penchant for phenomenal donations to non-profits -- it could describe Ruth… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Association Copy) A Residence on The Shores of the Baltic. Described in a Series of Letters. In Two Volumes
by (Anonymous - Elizabeth Rigby, Afterwards Lady Eastlake)
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- First Edition
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- 1841
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£620.00
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London: John Murray, 1841. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Polished Calf. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes handsomely rebound in late 20th c. quarter polished calf over marbled boards. Both volumes with the ownership signatures of fellow author J. G. Lockhart (John Gibson Lockhart, 1794-1854, Scottish biographer and author), Tipped at 2nd… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mademoiselle De La Fayette, Ou Le Siecle De Louis XIII. Two Volumes
by Mme. De Genlis (Caroline-Stephanie-Felicite Ducrest
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- Early London Edition
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- 1813
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£310.00
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A Paris ; Et se trouve a` Londres : Chez L. Deconchy,, 1813. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Early London Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. x, 273, 259 pages. Printed in London with the text in French, in the same year as the French First Edition. Very Good Plus, two volumes bound in quarter red morocco over… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties; Consisting of Christmas Pieces, for Private Representation, and other Seasonable Matter, in Prose and Verse
by Brough, Robert D.
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1852
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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£348.75
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London: David Bogue, 1852. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in polished calf, ornate gilt back, all edges gilt, wide inner gilt dentelles over dark green paper paste downs, the original red cloth covers bound in at rear. Fine. Hand-coloured frontispiece, textual illustrations. 99 pp. A quite lovely… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Professor. A Tale
by Bell, Currer (Charlotte Bronte)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First American Edition
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- 1857
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- Hardcover
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£310.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1857. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (1) preliminary leaf, [v]-vii, [9]-330 pages, (6) page publisher's catalogue. In publisher's original brown embossed cloth, Very Good, spine dulled, cloth a bit rubbed and soiled, scattered light toning. The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte under the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters to Imlay, with Prefatory Memoir by C. Kegan Paul
by Wollstonecraft, Mary
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- First Edition
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- 1879
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- Hardcover
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£155.00
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London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Small 8vo. Very Good, bound in original dark green cloth, back gilt, black end papers, prior owner name dated in year of publication at front blank end pages, light wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. lxiii, 207 pages, engraved portraits of Mary Wollstonecraft… Read more about this item Item Price
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Books and Men
by Repplier, Agnes
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1888
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- Hardcover
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£193.75
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at 2nd front end page -"Madame Mary Edwards, with the affectionate regards of the authoress. Christmas 1888". Philadelphia essayist and feminist Agnes Repplier's (1855-1950) first book and first collection of essays; she… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Fine Binding by Kelliegram) The Hunting of the Snark an Agony in Eight Fits
by Carroll, Lewis; with Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1876
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- Hardcover
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£5,812.50
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London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition, First Issue, with "Baker" not "Butcher" at p. 83. Marvelouly bound by Kelliegram (stamp-signed on rear turn-ins) in hunter green crushed morocco featuring The Baker at ship's railing in the center of the front cover, with gilt floral decorations at corners… Read more about this item Item Price
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Le Morte Arthur, Edited from the Harleian MS, 2252 in the British Museum / By F. J. Furnivall.; with a Prefatory Essay on ARTHUR By the Late Herbert Coleridge
by Furnivall, F. J.; Coleridge, Herbert
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1864
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- Hardcover
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£581.25
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London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1864. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. lvi, 190 pages. In original brick cloth, gilt lettering back, Near Fine, faint name in ink front end page, tiny rubs to corners, the small bookseller's ticket of Gustav E. Stechert of New York verso front end paper. SCARCE, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life and Correspondence of Andrew Combe, M. D.
by Combe, George
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1850
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- Hardcover
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£271.25
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Maclachlan and Stewart/ Longman & Co. and Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, Edinburgh/ London, 1850. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 563 pp.; frontis portrait. Handsomely bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt back, marbled end papers and edges. Very Good, moderate wear at edges calf darkened at joints, light rubbing… Read more about this item Item Price
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