Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Dictionary of the English Language upon Original Plans, &c., &c., &c. Complete in One Volume
by Funk, Isaac K., Calvin Thomas & Frank H. Vizetelly [eds.]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Complete in one volume. Original deluxe decorative stamped and gilt full leather hard covers, with marbled edges and endpapers, and indent-tabbed/indexed fore-edge. Minor professional restoration to covers; front endpaper reattached and restored. Early gift presentation inscription to front flyleaf; a little chipping to index tabs, and a few pages with minor creasing. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome dictionary. Illustrated with drawings in-text, and with plates, some in colour. xxxviii,2808+4[advert.]pp. Original publisher's advertisement slip laid in..
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- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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- 76240h
- Title
- Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Dictionary of the English Language upon Original Plans, &c., &c., &c. Complete in One Volume
- Author
- Funk, Isaac K., Calvin Thomas & Frank H. Vizetelly [eds.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- reference dictionary dictionaries Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Dictionary of the English Language upon Original Plans, &c., &c., &c. Complete in One Volume leatherbound antiquarian books decorative bindings
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