Advice to young men : and (incidentally) to young women in the middle and higher ranks of life : in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, and a citizen or a subject / by William Cobbett
by Cobbett, William (1763-1835)
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About This Item
London : Charles Griffin and Company [1872], 1872. New Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 335 pages; Physical description; x, 335 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 17 cm. First issued in fourteen monthly parts, June 1829-Sept. 1830. ""The only authorised edition.""--T.p. Publisher's advertisement on verso of half-title. Subjects; Conduct of life.
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- Title
- Advice to young men : and (incidentally) to young women in the middle and higher ranks of life : in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, and a citizen or a subject / by William Cobbett
- Author
- Cobbett, William (1763-1835)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Charles Griffin and Company [1872]
- Date Published
- 1872
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