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Tour of the Sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839. With Numerous Illustrations. Third Edition
by Gray, Mrs. Hamilton
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1843
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1843. Book. Very Good Plus. Quarter Pebbled Morocco. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in any edition, and particularly in collectible condition. Very Good Plus, bound in contemporary quarter pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, brown end papers, edges red, the bookplate of John James Gilchrist at front paste down, light… Read more about this item Item Price
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Buried Herculaneum
by Barker, Ethel Ross
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1908
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$200.00
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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 253, (1,advertisements) pp., with nine plans and sixty-four illustrations. Bright and Near Fine in original bluse cloth stamped in gilt at front cover and spine, light rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corners, frontis tissue corner crease, half-title… Read more about this item Item Price
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Songs of a Black Bird
by Rodgers, Carolyn (M.)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
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- Second Printing
- Published
- 1969
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$400.00
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Chicago: Third World Press, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page -"To Jason, Peace & love, These things I wish for you. Keep on pushing forward. Carolyn M. Rodgers." Near Fine, crease at top edge rear wrapper.… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
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The Professor. A Tale
by Bell, Currer (Charlotte Bronte)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1857
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$400.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1857. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (1) preliminary leaf, [v]-vii, [9]-330 pages, (6) page publisher's catalogue. In publisher's original brown embossed cloth, Very Good, spine dulled, cloth a bit rubbed and soiled, scattered light toning. The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte under the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters to Imlay, with Prefatory Memoir by C. Kegan Paul
by Wollstonecraft, Mary
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1879
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$200.00
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London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Small 8vo. Very Good, bound in original dark green cloth, back gilt, black end papers, prior owner name dated in year of publication at front blank end pages, light wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. lxiii, 207 pages, engraved portraits of Mary Wollstonecraft… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
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A Street in Bronzeville
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1945
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$400.00
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New York: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1945. Book. Good. Cloth. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third Edition stated. Near Fine, prior owner name in ink front end page, shallow 1" chip at fore edge of final page, not affecting text. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/2" x 2" chip at top edge spine and front… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
Annie Allen
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1949
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$2,000.00
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New York: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1949. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, prior owner name in ink front end page, in Very Good dust jacket, 1/1/2" x 1" triangular chip at top edge front cover, light rubbing at edges. x, 56 pages. The 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, which made Brooks… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,000.00
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Myself and I
by Lambert, Janet
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1957
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$150.00
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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated. Near Fine, faint toning front end papers and one small white spot each at front and rear boards. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light wear st spine ends and corners. Susan Jordon at is now 18,… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
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Compton Merivale: Another Leaf from the Lesson of Life
by (Mary Matilda Howard ,1828-1881)
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- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1850
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$750.00
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London: John W. Parker, 1850. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE, OCLC locates eight institutional holdings, no other copies in current commerce. The second of her three religious novels, the others were Brampton Rectory: or, The Lesson of Life, 1849, London and The Youth and Womanhood of Helen Tyrrel, 1854, London.… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
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Blindpits (Three Volumes Bound in Two)
by (Taylor, Elizabeth) (died 1879)
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1868
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$650.00
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Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Vol. I, 311, 1-146, Vol. II, 147-312, 273 pages. Three volumes bound in two in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, marbled edges, tan end papers. Near Fine, rubs to calf at spine of Vol. I, light edge wear, contemporary gift inscriptions at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mosaic
by Roman, Judith
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$75.00
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Bloomington, Indiana: The Raintree Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Narrow 4to. RARE. Not found at WorldCAt, no copies in current commerce. Contains 16 poems by Judith Roman "For My Friends". Near Fine, faint browning to wrappers. One for the Raintree Press completist.. Item Price
$75.00
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The Love Book
by Kandel, Lenore
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$100.00
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San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Second Edition. Square 8vo. Second Printing of the Stolen Paper editions, with the cover overprinted in blue. Her first book, the true first edition was self-published, then published by Jeff Berner of the Stolen Paper Review in various printings. Near Fine, slight browning to rear wrapper at spine edge.… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
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{Association Copy} Daddy Was a Number Runner
by Meriwether, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780131971035
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$2,500.00
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New York: Prentice Hall, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"to Janet Saxe, Best of Luck Teaching Black Literature. Louise Meriwether April 1972". Louise Meriwether (born1923) is an African-American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist.… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Ring-Bound Notebook of Materials) Summary of Materials for Promotion Nelda. M Christ, Assistant Professor, Department of Home Economics, June 1, 1977.
by Christ, Nelda M.
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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Bloomington, Indiana: The Author, 1977. Book. Fine. Ring Bound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black ring binder with title label at spine "Promotion Materials". Approximately 150 pages. Fine. A comprehensive look at what it took for a home economics assistant professor to be considered for promotion in 1977. Table of Contents reads : I. A Statement of… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00
A Middle-Class Education
by Oates, Joyce Carol
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- Used - Fine in Wraps, as Issued
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$100.00
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New York: Albodocani Press, 1980. Book. Fine in Wraps, as Issued. French Wrappers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. # 200 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fine in Fine French Wrappers.. Item Price
$100.00
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Under a Glass Bell
by Nin, Anais; Engravings by Ian Hugo
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- Swallow Paperback Edition
- Published
- 1961
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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Denver: Alan Swallow, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Swallow Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" For Carmen Anais Nin". SCARCE SIGNED in this Swallow edition. Near Fine, small rubs to paper at spine. Appears unread, a lovely copy.. Item Price
$500.00
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A Touch of Earth
by Warren, Lella
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- Used - Very Good -
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1926
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1926. Book. Very Good -. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Just Lella Warren". Very Good, no jacket, prior owner name in ink at title page, spine dulled with lettering barelt legible, store bookplate partially removed front paste down.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Moral Pieces in Prose and Fiction
by (Sigourney), Lydia Huntley
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1815
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$2,000.00
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Hartford, CT: Sheldon & Goodwin Printers, 1815. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. RARE in contemporary binding of full marbled calf, Lydia Huntley Sigourney's first book, which was originally issued in printed boards. Last seen at auction in 1985, only other copy in current commerce has a modern binding. Very Good, 1/2"… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,000.00
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Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Edited by Her Niece.. In Seven Volumes. New Edition
by D'ARBLAY, Madame [BURNEY, Frances] (Fanny)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Published
- 1854
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$400.00
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London: Henry Colburn, 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Volume IV published 1843, the rest, 1854. Seven volumes bound in contemporary quarter vellum over marbled boards, backs intricately gilt, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Very Good, frontispiece portrait Vol. I detached, two front end papers before that are nearly detached, fold-out facsimile… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague. A New Edition, to Which are Now Added The Poetical Works of the Same Lady. In Five Volumes (bound in two)
by Montague, Lady Mary Wortley
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Published
- 1797
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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Vienna: Printed for R. Sammer, Bookseller, 1797. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. "Written during her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, To Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, etc. in different Parts of Europe. Which Contain, Among other curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks, Drawn from Sources… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00