The Names We Bear: a Descriptive Compendium of Biblical, Classical and Common Names Compiled So as to Aid Memory in an Etymological Narrative Form and a Copius Index
by Long, H A
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About This Item
H.A. Long, Glasgow, undaterd, c.1877,. 1877. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 244pp, page edges browned, text clean and sound, old paste repairs to front inner hinge, blindstamped brown cloth gilt, spine edges cracked and lacks top of spine backstrip; Fair condition .
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- Title
- The Names We Bear: a Descriptive Compendium of Biblical, Classical and Common Names Compiled So as to Aid Memory in an Etymological Narrative Form and a Copius Index
- Author
- Long, H A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- H.A. Long, Glasgow, undaterd, c.1877,
- Date Published
- 1877
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- Hinge
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- Gilt
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- Fair
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