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The Book-Lover's Library _ How to Form a Library _ The Dedication of Books to Patron and Friend _ A Chapter in Literary History _ Literary Blunders _ A Chapter in the "History of Human Error" _ How to Make an Index
by Wheatley, H. B. (eds)
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Paris, France
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About This Item
London: Elliot Stock, 1902. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration,beveled edges, 248, 257, 226, 236 pp, covers' edges frayed, edges soiled, some pages soiled, notes in black ink on front end papers of second and third volumes, year "1991" written in red ink on title page of last volume
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- Bookseller
- San Francisco Book Company
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95390
- Title
- The Book-Lover's Library _ How to Form a Library _ The Dedication of Books to Patron and Friend _ A Chapter in Literary History _ Literary Blunders _ A Chapter in the "History of Human Error" _ How to Make an Index
- Author
- Wheatley, H. B. (eds)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo
- Publisher
- Elliot Stock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
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San Francisco Book Company
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About San Francisco Book Company
A general used English language bookstore on the Left Bank in Paris
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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