Hand-Book of Universal Literature from the Best and Latest Authorities: Designed for Popular Reading and as a Text-Book for Schools and Colleges.
by Anne C. Lynch Botta
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- Hardcover
- first
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Derby & Jackson, 1860. Hardcover First Edition (1860), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted. Title and copyright page dates match. First Edition (1860), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted. Title and copyright page dates match. Very Good: shows moderate wear to extremities; loss to chipping at the head and heel of the backstrip; some discoloration and foxing to the endpapers; a small spot of blanching, perhaps due to dampstaining at the top of the front and rear hinges; the expected light tanning to the text pages, due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, the tooled panels remarkably free of rubbing, but showing some wear and loss to the extremities and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and Clean. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.4 x 5.3 x 1.35 inches). xviii, 567 pages. Language: English. Weight: 22 ounces. Tooled buckram over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. First Edition (1860), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted. Title and copyright page dates match. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.
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- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 54865
- Title
- Hand-Book of Universal Literature from the Best and Latest Authorities: Designed for Popular Reading and as a Text-Book for Schools and Colleges.
- Author
- Anne C. Lynch Botta
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (1860), unstated, but implied: no subsequent print
- Publisher
- Derby & Jackson,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1860.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Prose & Criticism; Literary History; Prose; English Literature; Belles Lettres; Classic English Literature;
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- Rubbing
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