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London: Charles & Henry Baldwin, later volumes Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1820-1828. 16 volumes, engraved titles. 8vo, contemporary half tan calf , spines floral gilt and with black lettering and numbering pieces; a little rubbed, a few headbands slightly chipped, lower joint of vol. 16 cracked and with chip to backstrip; attractive on the shelf however.
SECRET COURT MEMOIRS (EDITION DE GRAND LUXE) St Petersburg; Henry IV; Louis XIV; Louis XV-XVI; Empress Josephine; Cardinal De Retz; Madame De Montespan; St. Cloud; Berlin; Marie Antoinette; Sweden & Denmark; Marguerite of Valois (Complete 20 Volume Set) (Leather Bound) by VARIOUS, - 1900
by VARIOUS,
SECRET COURT MEMOIRS (EDITION DE GRAND LUXE) St Petersburg; Henry IV; Louis XIV; Louis XV-XVI; Empress Josephine; Cardinal De Retz; Madame De Montespan; St. Cloud; Berlin; Marie Antoinette; Sweden & Denmark; Marguerite of Valois (Complete 20 Volume Set) (Leather Bound)
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Grolier. Very Good; ****The price of this item is reduced by 70%. We are preparing . to relocate. Too much to take with us. All inventory drastically reduced. . Check out our store.****. 1900. Hardcover. Complete 20 volume set includes: St Petersburg; Henry IV; Louis XIV; Louis XV-XVI; Empress Josephine; Cardinal de Retz; Madame de Montespan; St. Cloud; Berlin; Marie Antoinette; Sweden & Denmark; Marguerite of Valois Three quarter burgundy-red moroccan leather bound covers with 5 raised bands and marbled boards have light wear to corners and caps. Two of the volumes have very darkened spines with heavier wear and cracked exterior hinges. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Gilt top edges in very good condition. Marbled end sheets and paste downs in very good condition. Frontispieces protected by tissue. Full page plates also protected by tissue. Pages clean and in very good condition. .
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The Retrospective Review, Volumes 1-14 & Volumes 1 & 2 New Series (complete)
by SOUTHERN, HENRY (Editor):
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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The works of Henry Mackenzie, Esq.: Vol.1 The Man of Feeling and Miscellaneous Pieces; Vol.2 The Man of the World; Vol.3 Julia de Roubigne
by Henry Mackenzie
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Lanvellec, France
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$309.19
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Internally exceptionally clean: no foxing, watermarks, underlining. Contact seller for full description.
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Private Correspondence of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: Now first collected in four Volumes
by Horace Walpole
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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Four Volumes, Three quarter bound in tan calf and marbled boards. Floral gilt tooled and rubbed spine. Blind line tooling to cover. Rubbed marble boards and shelf wear. Bumps and wear to cover edges. Vol. I with portrait portrait of Walpole. Frontispiece and endpapers tanned, foxed and binding slightly detached to front and to end. Some tanning and marks to book. Bookplate for William Arbuthnot and stamped in red for T.G. Odling. Vol II: two bookplates; William Arbuthnot and John Alves Arbuthnot and stamped for T. G. Odling. Slightly spiked endpapers. Foxing to first few pages. Vol III: foxed endpapers signed and stamped T.G. Odling, bookplates appears to have been removed. First few pages slightly soiled and moisture marks. Endpapers foxed. Vol IV: bookplates for William Arbuthnot and John Alves Arbuthnot and stamped for T. G. Odling. Slight fold markS and foxed to first three pages. Last few pages foxed with pencil annotations and marks to inside back cover.Thomas George Odling (1911-2002) was a…
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The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam
by Atwood, Margaret
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. SIGNED. 378; 425; 394pp. Octavo [24.5cm]. Two volumes featuring gray boards, one tan. Titles stamped in various metallic hues on spines. Boards lightly faded at edges. "The Year of the Flood" and "MaddAddam" are both signed by the author in black ink on the title page. "Oryx and Crake" is unsigned. Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy is scarily prescient look at a world brought to apocalypse by corporations and plague.
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La Mano Dell'Architetto / The Hand of the Architect: Twin Set
by Francesca Serrazanetti & Matteo Schubert
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- near fine
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- first
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 13
- 9788862932332
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- 8862932332
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Italy: Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) / Editrice Abitare Segesta / Moleskine, 2009. Twin set. Hardcover Moleskine book with back pocket and elastic and accompanying softcover blank book (not ruled). Condition: Near Fine. Elastic is a bit loose and covers of both books show minor shelf wear; interiors are pristine. Lovely set! Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Complete Home Medical Encyclopedia And Guide To Family Health : Complete 20 Volume Set
by Rothenberg, Robert E. (Editor)
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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New York, New York: Abradale Press. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. 3656 pages: 7.5 x 9.75 in.: 33.4: KB#006434: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. LCCN# 76-166507 and SBN 810902869. Set Consists of Twenty Volumes. Spines and front board of books are slightly tanned due to age. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Set contains over 2,000 clear, informative photographs and drawings, many in full color. This is a heavy book set, but price INCLUDES FULL EXTRA COST of Media Delivery; however USPS Priority would incur additional charge due to weight. "There are seven easy keys to finding information. All entries are arranged alphabetically. Each volume has a Table of Contents. Volume 1 has a Table of Contents for all 20 volumes. Volume 20 has a Complete Index to all volumes. Volume 19 contains a Glossary. Cross references are listed under major entries. A complete…
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Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq.; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden [4 volumes]
by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Hardcover. Good +. The Third Edition. "Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals now in her Possession." 4 volumes (xvi, 352 p.; [4], 355, [1] p.; [4], 376 p.; [4], 364 p.); 22 cm. Half 19th-century? blue calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled volumed numbers in third compartments. Marbled endpapers matching boards. Without the frontispiece portrait found in some editions of this popular work. In Good+ Condition: the leather author-title labels are lacking almost entirely from the second and fourth spine compartments; vol. 2 leather splitting from head of back joint; lacking leather from head of vol. 3 spine and from first compartment of vol. 4; the blue calf has darkened and begun to crack on the spines; boards are rubbed; a few leaves are browning and foxing; otherwise, clean and solid.
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Case studies on human rights and fundamental freedoms: A world survey: Complete 5 Volume Set
by Martinus Nijhoff
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- first
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- Used - good
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- good
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- ISBN 13
- 9789024717798
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- 9024717795
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Folsom, California, United States
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"The 36 essays in these volumes survey racial and other forms of discrimination around the world. The selection (including a brief defense of South Africa) seeks in effect to argue: let him without sin cast the first stone."-[Foreign Affairs Review]1975-1976 Nijhoff. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9024717795. NOT EX-LIBRARY. 5 Volume Set "Published for the Foundation for the Study of Plural Societies". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Printed in the Netherlands. All five books and dust jackets are in good to good+ condition. Some jackets have smudges, light soiling from age & rubbing/bumping on edges. There are signs of visible wear which may include markings, bookplate or authors name, bumping, small tears, non-major spine or binding defects but book is still wholly intact. SEE PICTURES for any wear or defects. Condition based on age of book. To ensure you receive the quality of book expected we provide pictures of NOTICEABLE WEAR for ALL books we sell with marked conditions of GOOD + . If you have any questions at all…
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COMMENTARIUM: Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis, Annis Academicis 1957-1961 [Pontifical Lateran University, Academic Years 1957-1961] (4 Vols.)
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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(Vedere la parte inferiore dell'elenco per la traduzione in italiano.) RARE. Four consecutive paperback volumes with original pictorial dust jackets. Text in Latin. Sparsely illustrated. Each volume has an Index (scans are available upon request). Volume 1958 includes a small card which reads "OMAGGIO del Rettore Magnifico della PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITA' DEL LATERANO". Ex-library but showing only penciled numbers and small date stamps.Books show some edgewear, including minor bumping to tip and heel of spines, and the binding starting in a couple of places, but are otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust jackets have some shelfwear, including tears at tip and heel of spines, and some discolouration/staining, but are otherwise in Very Good. Please see listing images for more detail. Customer may be asked to approve additional shipping costs before order is accepted, due to size and weight (approximately 8.5 x 12 x 4.5 inches, 7 lbs.).In Italiano (di Google Translate): RARO. Quattro volumi tascabili…
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Harvard Classics Five-Foot Shelf of Books (Volumes 1-51 & Reading Guide)
by Various
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Holland, Michigan, United States
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P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, ca. 1930s. Hardcover . Collectible. Complete set volumes 1-51, with included Reading Guide volume. Tan hardbacks with stamped text cover and spine in dark blue. Collection is slightly dust faded, but generally in very good condition for their age. A copy that has been enjoyed! Light wear from average amounts of reading, but a well taken care of title!Marked up from in-store price - requires extra postage because it's just SO BIG! The Bluestocking Bookshop provides high-quality used and new books and gift items at deep discounts. Shipping media mail. Follow on Instagram for New Arrival stories and bookseller recommendations.
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Dark Mountain Issue No. 1
by Kingsnorth, Paul, and Dougald Hine, editors
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- ISBN 13
- 9780956496003
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- 0956496008
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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The Dark Mountain Project, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by editor Dougald Hine on half title: "Iona - Happy Belated Birthday! Much love, Dougald X". The first issue of the pioneering environmental journal Dark Mountain, which diverges from other eco-oriented publications in its dark tone and its recognition that we are living in an age of inescapable loss. Essays, poetry, artworks, visionary texts. Miniscule crunches at top and bottom of back hinge, otherwise new condition..
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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World (3 Volumes)
by Fernand Braudel
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Holland, Michigan, United States
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The Folio Society, 2000. Hardcover . Must-Have. Would 100% gift this book! It's in great used book condition, with only the barest of shelfwear on the edges. In slipcase, which has minor wear and an unfortunate paint line on the back - easily hidden against the back of a bookcase! All books on our shelves are good condition - lightly read or worn - unless otherwise indicated. The Bluestocking Bookshop provides high-quality used and new books and gift items at deep discounts. Shipping media mail. Follow on Instagram for New Arrival stories and bookseller recommendations.
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Reference Library of Hispanic America: A Four Volume Set
by Benson, Sonia G., ed
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 13
- 9780787676384
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- 0787676381
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover 1sts, 4tos, all 4 vols. vg, no djs; spine ends bumped; top corners of v.3 and 4 bumped; bump to bottom edge of v.1. Please be aware shipping this set internationally will require additional fees above our standard rates.
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The American Heritage History of American Presidency
by American Heritage Co. R. M. Ketchum, Editor
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E. Millstone, New Jersey, United States
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Theis book is in box case with three books. It is in excellent condition. Almost new. It is the story of how American precidency was created and the power behind it. Fascinating book to have. Great resource for School and college students.Amazing photographs and illustrations.
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The President's House: A History
by Seale, William
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- ISBN 13
- 9780912308289
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- 0912308281
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Shawnee, Kansas, United States
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This Set of two Volumes is a Collector's good fortune. This Set is designed with dark green covers with gold lettering that has a matching slip case for storage and safe keeping. The slip case with the two Volumes accounts for 4.25 inches of width. Volume I of this Set begins with President George Washington and ends with Benjamin Harrison's loss to Grover Cleveland in 1892. Volume II begins President Grover Cleveland and ends with Harry Truman. Both Volumes give the reader an account of the planning for the White House during George Washington's Administration and all successive remodeling and expansions. More importantly, perhaps, the Author leads us through each President's time in the White House, their family and personal life, as well as the social gatherings and impact of the First Ladies. Together, both Volumes contain 1,224 pages and 121 illustrations.
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A Variorum Commentary on the Poems of John Milton: Volumes One, Two, and Four. Three Volumes in Five Books.
by Milton, John. Edited by Merritt Y. Hughes
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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New York: Columbia University. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Three Volumes in FIVE Books, consists of Vols. 1, 2 and 4 of the set. Missing Volume 3. Vol. 1, 1970: 'The Latin and Greek Poems' by Douglas Bush and 'The Italian Poems' by J.E. Shaw & A. Bartlett Giamatti, vg (bumped corners) in vg+ dj. Vol 2 , 1972: 'The Minor English Poems' by A.S.P. Woodhouse & Douglas Bush. Part 1 is vg (spine ends and corners bumped, scratch on front board), no dj. Pt. 2 is vg (bumped spine ends) in vg dj (edgeworn). Pt. 3 is vg (spine ends and top corners bumped), no dj. Vol. 4, 1975: 'Paradise Regained' by Walter McKellar, vg (bumped spine ends and corners) in vg dj (faded spine). Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.
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Bufton's Universal Cyclopaedia: Volume 1, A to Deism; Volume 2, DeKalb to Keller; Volume 3, Kelp to Rhodes; and Volume 4, Rhodes to Zyrians. A Four Volume Set.
by Bufton, James D. (Managing Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Kansas City, Missouri: Bufton, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions, no additional printings or editions stated; 4tos, three-quarter textured black cloth with black cloth boards, marbled edges and eps; overall, vg (boards rubbed and worn; cloth frayed where overlaps textured corners; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and very heavily worn; pages toned; white stains on boards of v2; v3 cracked at first blank rear flyleaf; v4 cracked at Roman Candle and at Thomson). Please be aware shipping this set priority or internationally will require additional postage.
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Reprints of Articles Published by Members of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan. Four Volume Set.
by Miller, Norman F., ed
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press. Hardcover. Very Good-. Four volumes, first volume, October 1939-November 1944; second volume, December 1944-November 1950; third volume, marked Vol. V, 1950-56; and fourth volume, January 1957-December 1963. First three vols. marbled boards with blue cloth spines, fourth grey boards with blue cloth spine of a different shade; all have mimeographed table of contents bound in with offprints on many different types of paper (many include the original wraps). Overall, vg- (cocked; boards rubbed and soiled; edges worn; corners worn to boards; tears to corners of fourth vol; stain to spine of third vol; pages toning).
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Our Mutual Friend: Household Edition
by Charles Dickens
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- Used - Good
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- Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition.
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Plano, Texas, United States
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Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend complete in four volumes. Part of Hurd & Houghton's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with wear on corners and the tops & heels of spines. Volume 4 has a tear up the spine hinge and across the spine. Endpapers are discolored. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Volume 1 & 2 are cracked at half-title page.
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David Copperfield: Household Edition
by Charles Dickens
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- good
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- Used - Good
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- Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition.
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Plano, Texas, United States
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Charles Dickens' David Copperfield complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with fraying on corners and the top & heels of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. All volumes are cracked at half title. Volume 4 protective tissue is loose.
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