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Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading. Being One of the Last Essays of Elia
by Lamb, Charles
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Norwood, MA: The Plimpton Press, 1910. Published as a gift, Yuletide 1910, by Plimpton Press. Brown hardcover printed in gilt and brown with tan cloth spine, pages throughout with red ruling decoration at top and bottom. Worn, covers rubbed with some soil, hinges good, text block sound, erased yet visible pencil scribbles to first few leaves, pages otherwise clean with some light age-spotting to the outer margins.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040876
- Title
- Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading. Being One of the Last Essays of Elia
- Author
- Lamb, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- The Plimpton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwood, MA
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- PUBLISHER GIFT TYPOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books, Paper, Printing, Publishing, Typography;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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