A Tour in Sweden Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation
by Samuel Laing
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. Fair with no dust jacket. 1839. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans in London in 1839. Dark green embossed covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover of spine is loose and is cut along front and back edges, missing a piece at top, and is torn and frayed along top edge. Corners are bumped and worn. Pages have some tanning, and some pages have some marks. Book is in fair condition. 431 pages, 1.5 lbs. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 431 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSL7027
- Title
- A Tour in Sweden Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation
- Author
- Samuel Laing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Sweden, Europe, European History, Travel, Nordic
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Lancaster, Texas
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