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THE LETTERS OF JAMES AND ELLEN ROBB, Portrait of a Fredericton Family in Early Victorian Times (inscribed & signed)
by Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 091910701X
- ISBN 13
- 9780919107014
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A Bicentennial Project of The University of New Brunswick," limited to 700 numbered copies, this one being 177. Inscription is to colleague and fellow author Robert Gibbs, and reads, "To Bob Gibbs/with warmest regards/Alfred Bailey/22 Feb. 1984." Additionally, Gibbs has signed this copy at top of front end paper. Red cloth w/gilt illustration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 173 pages (including glossary of names, index), illustrated. Mildly cocked, lightly foxed top edge, light general wear..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019084
- Title
- THE LETTERS OF JAMES AND ELLEN ROBB, Portrait of a Fredericton Family in Early Victorian Times (inscribed & signed)
- Author
- Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 091910701X
- ISBN 13
- 9780919107014
- Publisher
- Acadiensis Press
- Place of Publication
- Fredericton
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, letters, correspondence, James & Ellen Robb, New Brunswick
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction; Signed (all categories);
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- Foxed
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