ACROSTIC DICTIONARY: containing more than Thirty Thousand Words with their Initials and Finals Alphabetically Arranged
by Pearson, Mrs. A. Cyril
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Preface by the Author. (London: Routledge and Sons: 1884) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp 256. Standard Reference series. First Edition. An owners name in pencil at head of of both verso of front free endpaper and half-title leaf and crossed out in black in both places. Head and foot of spine and corners and edges of boards rubbed and worn; both external hinges well rubbed and the upper one starting to split; otherwise a very good copy.
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I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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