Practical Education: By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Letters for Literary Ladies, and the Parent's Assistant, &c, &c. And, By Richard Lovell Edgeworth, F.R.S. and M.R.I.A. (Volume One only)
by Edgeworth, Maria
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Providence and Boston: J. Francis Lippitt, and T.B. Wait & Sons, 1815. This is a Very Good copy of the Second American Edition (stated). Volume One only of Two. Uncommon. Full leather binding, marbled endpapers. Clean text, rather well-foxed but supple; 332 pages. Leather is scuffed and bumped. The title has been chipped from the spine, but is present, laid into the Title Page, and could easily be repaired. Contemporary owner signature on TP; armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second American Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002207
- Title
- Practical Education: By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Letters for Literary Ladies, and the Parent's Assistant, &c, &c. And, By Richard Lovell Edgeworth, F.R.S. and M.R.I.A. (Volume One only)
- Author
- Edgeworth, Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second American Edition
- Publisher
- J. Francis Lippitt, and T.B. Wait & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Providence and Boston
- Date Published
- 1815
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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