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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

by CHAMBERS William 1800-1883 and Robert 1802-1871

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Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1847. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st ed, VG+, sm 12mo, 20 vols bound as 10, complete, 1845-47. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled boards, c1900, some blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spines, blind and gilt tooling, raised bands, titles in gilt to green calf labels, edges rubbed. Internally, brown endpapers, text block edges sprinkled red, no inscriptions, each with an engraved title page and numerous illustrations within text, printed by W and R Chambers, some light offsettting and spotting. Some volumes printed 1845, others 1846 & 7. Interesting. Vol 1: V1, 1845, 13 tracts + poems. V2, 1845, 14 tracts. Vol 2: V3, 1845, 13 tracts + poems (Animals). V4, 1845, 17 tracts + ballads. Vol 3: V5, 1845, 12 tracts + poems (flowers). V6, 1845, 9 tracts + poems (Coleridge). Vol 4: V7, 1845, 9 tracts. V8, 8 tracts + ballads. Vol 5: V9, 1846, 8 tracts + poems (Crabbe). V10, 1846, 14 tracts + poems (Scott). Vol 6: V11, 1946, 9 tracts + poems (Cowper). V12, 1846, 17 tracts + ballads. Vol 7: V13, 1846, 12 tracts + poems (USA). V14, 1846, 7 tracts + poems (Shakspeare). Vol 8: V15, 1847, 9 tracts + poems (Fre&Germ). V16, 1847, 7 tracts + poems (insects). Vol 9: V17, 1847, 10 tracts + poems (Elizabethan). V18, 1847, 21 tracts + poems (birds). Vol 10: V19, 1847, 12 tracts + poems. V20, 1847, 20 tracts + songs.

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Title
Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts
Author
CHAMBERS William 1800-1883 and Robert 1802-1871
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
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Edition
First Edition
Publisher
William and Robert Chambers
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Date Published
1847
Size
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Weight
9.70 lbs
Keywords
Chambers miscellany poetry

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