An Account of the Life and Times of Francis Bacon, Volume I and II
by Spedding, James, editor (and Francis Bacon)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Sugar Grove, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1878. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Two volumes. A Good set in brown cloth lettered in gold, top edges gilt, with cloth wear at the spine tips. The bindings are sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and not ex-library.
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- Bookseller
- Row by Row Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055953
- Title
- An Account of the Life and Times of Francis Bacon, Volume I and II
- Author
- Spedding, James, editor (and Francis Bacon)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- philosophy
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Row by Row Bookshop
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Sugar Grove, North Carolina
About Row by Row Bookshop
Row by Row Bookshop is an online bookseller. Our stock is eclectic and literary, and is a mix of modern and antiquarian. We also have a booth at the Appalachian Antique Mall, 631 W. King Street, Boone, NC
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