

Lawrie Todd; or, the Settlers in the Woods.
by Galt, John
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- very good
- hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Peterborough, Ontario
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$150.00
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1840. Revised edition (pp. viii, 452, glossary), in nine parts. Duodecimo (17.5 cm) in quarter leather over green pebbled cloth, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Tips worn, ex libris Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh with stamps, first few pages pulled at at bottom. Text is clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Trillium Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 1555
- Title
- Lawrie Todd; or, the Settlers in the Woods.
- Author
- Galt, John
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Cloth
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- New
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- spine
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- pebbled
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- gilt
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