THE HAND; ITS MECHANISM AND VITAL ENDOWMENTS, AS EVINCING DESIGN
by Bell, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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Fairfield, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1852. 5th Edition Revised. Hardcover. Decorated cloth cover edgewear (spots worn through) corners bumped. Pages have been reset in original binding, gilt lettering on spine is still bright, minor age toning & some minor foxing. NOTE: this is the 5th edition revised with woodcuts. Former owner's bookplate on the paste-down endpaper. Owned by Henry K Willard, hotelier Washington D. C. Nice reading copy; 428 pages .
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- Zane W. Gray BOOKSELLERS (US)
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- Title
- THE HAND; ITS MECHANISM AND VITAL ENDOWMENTS, AS EVINCING DESIGN
- Author
- Bell, Charles
- Illustrator
- Woodcuts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 5th Edition Revised
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1852
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