Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
by Bartlett, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-Collectible
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
€23.34€21.01
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1955. 6th Edition or later. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good-Collectible. FIFTEENTH PRINTING. 6.25"x9.5" 1614 numbered indexed pgs. Centennial Edition. Teal cloth boards. Top edge painted red. Gold letters within red title block on front and spine. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, no DJ, unmarked. Crease to ffep. Few faint soil spots on boards and spine. Price covers extra shipping for weight. Secure ship w/track #. Original over 100 years ago. "This collection, originally made without any view of publication, has been considerably enlarged by additons from an English work on a similar plan, and is now sent forth with the hope that it may be found a convenient book of reference." May 1855.
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- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16369
- Title
- Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
- Author
- Bartlett, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-Collectible
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 6th Edition or later
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1955
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Argillite, Kentucky
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