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Set of Uniformly bound series on Works including The Token of Friendship, or Home. The Centre of Affection; Paul & Virginia; translated from the French of Barnardin H.DeSaint Pierre; The Beauties of Festus: Compiled , with a Copious Index by a Festonian; Young Lady;or Guide to Knowledge, Virtue and Happiness; The Young Man; or Guide to Knowledge,Virtue, and Happiness; Forget-Me-Not by Mrs Lunt; Elizabeth; or, The Exile of Siberia, A Tale Founded on Facts; from the French of Madame Cottin; The Philopena, or Frienship's Token: A Present for all Seasons; Plato: His Life, Works, Opinions and Influence. by Enoch Pond; The Wedding Dress. Edited by A Lady; The Ladies' and Gentlemens' Letter-Writer ... ; The Way to Heaven: or, a Help to Christians
by (Cottrell, G.W., Publisher)
- Used
- Condition
- Uniformly bound in purple blind embossed publisher's cloth, gold stamped wreath on upper covers with title in gilt within, a.e.g
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: G.W. Cottrell, 1870. Some with engraved frontispieces and some with chromolithographic frontispieces. 12 vols. 12mo (120 x 75 mm). Uniformly bound in purple blind embossed publisher's cloth, gold stamped wreath on upper covers with title in gilt within, a.e.g., spines stamped in gilt and uniformly sunned, in blue cloth open-faced slipcase. Some with engraved frontispieces and some with chromolithographic frontispieces. 12 vols. 12mo (120 x 75 mm).
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 234748
- Title
- Set of Uniformly bound series on Works including The Token of Friendship, or Home. The Centre of Affection; Paul & Virginia; translated from the French of Barnardin H.DeSaint Pierre; The Beauties of Festus: Compiled , with a Copious Index by a Festonian; Young Lady;or Guide to Knowledge, Virtue and Happiness; The Young Man; or Guide to Knowledge,Virtue, and Happiness; Forget-Me-Not by Mrs Lunt; Elizabeth; or, The Exile of Siberia, A Tale Founded on Facts; from the French of Madame Cottin; The Philopena, or Frienship's Token: A Present for all Seasons; Plato: His Life, Works, Opinions and Influence. by Enoch Pond; The Wedding Dress. Edited by A Lady; The Ladies' and Gentlemens' Letter-Writer ... ; The Way to Heaven: or, a Help to Christians
- Author
- (Cottrell, G.W., Publisher)
- Format/Binding
- Some with engraved frontispieces and some with chromolithographic frontispieces. 12 vols. 12mo (120 x 75 mm)
- Book Condition
- Used - Uniformly bound in purple blind embossed publisher's cloth, gold stamped wreath on upper covers with title in gilt within, a.e.g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G.W. Cottrell
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 12mo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
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