Historical and Critical Essays
by De Quincey, Thomas
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. 8vo. 1853 & 1856. Historical and Critical Essays; Essays on Philosiophical Writers and other Men of Letters. 345; 314p.; 12 page catalogue at end. Library bookplate in each volume of the Library of the Cayuga Academt, Aurora, and ink number to bottom of contents page in volume 2 only. Clean set otherwise in the publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and borders and designs stamped in blind to front and rear boards. Light wear to head and foot of spines, contents clean and bindings tight. A good set.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38590
- Title
- Historical and Critical Essays
- Author
- De Quincey, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1853
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Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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