Rollo's Philosophy. [Sky.]
by ABBOTT, Jacob
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- Hardcover
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1855. Hardcover. 24mo. Rebound in brown cloth with gilt spine and original front and rear cover blind-embossed brown cloth laid down. 192pp. Small steel engravings. Very good. Nonauthorial 1864 gift inscription on an inner flyleaf from John Foresman (of the Scott, Foresman and Company publishing family). "A new edition, revised" of this volume in the 14-volume "Rollo Series" of instructional tales.
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- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23650
- Title
- Rollo's Philosophy. [Sky.]
- Author
- ABBOTT, Jacob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1855
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...