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The Magic of the Horse-Shoe With Other Folk-Lore Notes.
by LAWRENCE, Robert Means
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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SOUTH BRENT, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin. New York. 1899. First edition, second impression.. pp. iv, (ii), 344, (ii). Frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt title and device on the front cover, top edge gilt, uncut, spine slightly faded, front joint weak and a few top corners turned over, otherwise a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- PATRICK POLLAK RARE BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61883
- Title
- The Magic of the Horse-Shoe With Other Folk-Lore Notes.
- Author
- LAWRENCE, Robert Means
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin. New York. 1899. First edition, second impression.
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