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Recollections of Writers. With letters of Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, Douglas Jerrold, and Charles Dickens; and a Preface by Mary Cowden Clarke
by COWDEN CLARKE, Charles and Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ex library - good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, marston, Searle, & Rivington , 1878. Second Edition. Cloth. Ex library - good. viii, 347, 32 p. 20 cm. Facsimile Dickens letter as frontispiece. Brown cloth hardcover with black and gold print. Crack in front hinge, spine ends torn, corners bumped, tiny dents in edges. Ex library with bookplate on front pastedown and ink stamp on title page. 32 p. catalogue at rear.
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- Seller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 115727
- Title
- Recollections of Writers. With letters of Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, Douglas Jerrold, and Charles Dickens; and a Preface by Mary Cowden Clarke
- Author
- COWDEN CLARKE, Charles and Mary
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex library - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Literature, Writers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Edges
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- Facsimile
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- Spine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Bookplate
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