Cyclopedia of English Literature -- A History, Critical & Biographical, of British Authors from the Earliest to the Present Times - in two volumes
by Robert Chambers (ed)
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
1844 1st Edition h/b 2 vols 671pp + 816pp, b&w illus Vol-1 tight, occasionally stained & foxed, esp prelims, penned names on prelims, heavy-ish outer wear & sl edge-splitting, some spine leather missing (below lower rib).Vol-2 less tight with some closed tears (no loss), also foxed, worn covers detached & lacking spine Vol-1 in half-calf on marbled boards, unmatched to clothbound vol-2 Chambers Cyclopedia English Literature 1844
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- Title
- Cyclopedia of English Literature -- A History, Critical & Biographical, of British Authors from the Earliest to the Present Times - in two volumes
- Author
- Robert Chambers (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
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- Bookseller catalogs
- FIC019000; REF000000;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Foxed
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- Marbled boards
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