MAGNUM BONUM, THE DOVE IN THE EAGLE'S NEST, CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY, CAGED LION, TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES, GRISLY GRISSELL (6 titles)
by Yonge, Charlotte M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1900. Later Printings. Hardcover. Near Fine. Six titles uniformly printed and bound part of Macmillan's Uniform Edition of Novels and Tales of Charlotte M. Yonge (43 titles in total). These six strikingly and uniformly well preserved - blue pebbled cloth, blind-ruled, gilt publishers monogram front, gilt titles spine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates in any volume. All published 1900 - 1903, except Grisly dated 1893.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011745
- Title
- MAGNUM BONUM, THE DOVE IN THE EAGLE'S NEST, CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY, CAGED LION, TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES, GRISLY GRISSELL (6 titles)
- Author
- Yonge, Charlotte M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printings
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- Uniform Edition
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- Cloth
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- Pebbled
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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