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A group of 9 biographical books. by James Anthony Froude. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879. 8vo., 3/4 leather-backed boards, gilt-decorated backstrip, top edge gilt, 5 raised bands. A fine copy. by John T. Alexander. London: The Folio Society, 1999. 8vo., red cloth illustrated boards in publisher's slipcase. A fine copy. by Henry B. Wheatley. New York: Heritage Press, 1942. 2 vols. complete. 8vo., cloth boards in publisher's slipcase. Wear to edges and extremes of slipcase; light fading to boards; fading to backstrip; otherwise a sound set. by Ernest K. Gann. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. 8vo., cloth boards, gilt-decorated backstrip. Light wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading to boards and backstrip; otherwise a sound copy. by Henry H. Howorth. New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 5 vols. complete. 8vo., green cloth boards. A fine set. by William of Rubruck. London: Hakluyt Society, 1900. 8vo., gilt-decorated cloth boards. Translated from the Latin by William Woodville Rockhill. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; light fading and soiling to boards; fading to backstrip; text clean. by George Seldes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. 8vo., red cloth boards. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading to backstrip; light fading to boards; otherwise a sound copy. Translated by C. L. Yonge. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1896. 12mo., cloth boards. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; otherwise a sound Read more…


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Date:
2007-03-16

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