A Dictionary of Quotations from Authors Old and New, Together with an Alphabet of Proverbs, Volume I and II
by Moorhead, J K; Lee, Charles (Editor Ernest Rhys). Everyman Series
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A Dictionary of Quotations from Authors Old and New, Together with an Alphabet of Proverbs, Volume I and II, Moorhead, J K; Lee, Charles (Editor Ernest Rhys). Everyman Series 809/810. Published by J M Dent & Sons Ltd; Dutton and Sons, New York. Circa 1928. 16mo up to 6½" tall., xvi, 380; viii, 425 pages. Maroon silky cloth, gilt decorative spine titles; top edge green; illustrated green endpapers. Contents in mint condition, light fading mark and spots to front boards; binding is square and tight. Endpapers are of the figure of Good Deeds and the pledge of her sister Knowledge to Everyman in the medieval play, designed by Reginald L. Knowles and used from 1906-34; binding style is from The Shield Era 1928-34. A lovely little set.
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- A Dictionary of Quotations from Authors Old and New, Together with an Alphabet of Proverbs, Volume I and II
- Author
- Moorhead, J K; Lee, Charles (Editor Ernest Rhys). Everyman Series
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- Hardcover
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- COOKING AND HOME; LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY; ART, REFERENCE, COOKING AND HOME; LITERATURE; SPIRITUAL/RELIGION/MYSTICAL;
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