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Henry Langdon, or What Was I Made For? Designed to Illustrate the First Question and Answer in the Westminster Catechism
by Hopkins, Mrs Louisa Payson
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Gates & Stedman, 1846. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Gates & Stedman, 1846. 16mo., 4 1/8" x 6 1/8", 144pp., plus 6pp. publisher's ads, illustrated with 4 steel engraved plates. "Tales, Illustrative of the Shorter Catechism, Volume 1". Brown embossed cloth with gilt spine titles and decorations. Some wear at the extremities, random mild foxing, more pronounced at the preliminaries, 1846 inscription from "his affectionate Father" on fly leaf, else very good. pages bright, binding tight. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005945
- Title
- Henry Langdon, or What Was I Made For? Designed to Illustrate the First Question and Answer in the Westminster Catechism
- Author
- Hopkins, Mrs Louisa Payson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Gates & Stedman
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1846
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
- Size
- 16mo
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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