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Bentley's Miscellany, Volumes 1 - 5
by Dickens, Charles (ed) (pseud Boz)
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1837
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$436.60
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London: Richard Bentley, 1837. The first five volumes of this periodical, edited by Charles Dickens, contain the entirety of Oliver Twist in its first printing, The bindings, in red half-leather, is quite rubbed at the hinges in four of the volumes but still quite sound. However in volume 5 the front cover and spine is detached, though present. The text… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gardener's and Planter's Calendar
by Weston, R. ( Richard )
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- Used - Fair
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$163.72
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damaged copy in old full calf, much worn, spine label illegible, lacks endpapers and title page, portion at top of the contents page torn off, text otherwise complete, reasonably clean and tight, with one folding diagram, 298 pages, some original owner inscriptions on inside covers and last page of index, owner's name and address at start of first chapter. Rare.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Vikram the Vampire, Or, Tales of Hindu Devilry
by Burton, Richard F. (adapted by)
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Published
- 1870
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$272.88
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London: Longmans, Green, 1870. Original maroon cloth, as illustrated, worn at foredge corners and spine ends, front inner paper hinge cracking, text block slightly shaky but generally sound and clean. - has clearly been read several times.. 1st US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ernest Griset. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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The Cook's Oracle; Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families: Also the Art of Composing the Most Simple, and Most Highly Finished Broths, Gravies, Soups, Sauces, Store Sauces, and Flavouring Essences
by Anon ( William Kitchiner )
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Third Edition.
- Published
- 1821
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$103.69
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Edinburgh: Constable, 1821. Third edition, 'almost entirely rewritten', in half-calf and marbled paper boards, leather spine much damaged (in need of rebacking), internally quite sound and clean, pp xvi, 464, not illustrated but full of curious information. . Third Edition.. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
$103.69
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How To Lay Out A Small Garden: Intended As A Guide To Amateurs In Choosing, Forming, Or Improving A Place
by Kemp, Edward
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Fifth Edition.
- Published
- 1850
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- Hardcover
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$81.86
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850. original cloth boards, spine gilt title fading but legible, text block clean, sound and tight, 212 pp. Book is not illustrated. 'Small Garden' in this context ranges from a quarter acre to thirty acres. Seemingly rare in the original edition.. Fifth Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
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The Story of a Daisy; Rover and His Friends; Little Frank; the Little Fortune Seekers; the Blackberry Gathering - and More - 17 Chapbooks in All
by Anon. (Geldart, Mrs Thomas attrib)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1853
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- Paperback
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$163.72
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London: Groombridge and Son, 1853. collection of early children's stories bound together, covered with old apparent leatherette, undecorated. They form part of a collection of 31 tales, called the Buds and Blossoms series, published around 1853, retailing at a penny apiece. Some, if not all, are attributed to Hannah Ransome Geldart. Each story comes with a couple of illustrations. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dictionary of Every-Day Difficulties in Reading, Writing, and Speaking the English Language; or, Hard Words Made Easy
by Shelton, Edward
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Hardcover
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$27.29
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London: Ward Lock twelfth thousand, undated but 1860s, recently rebound in green buckram, sound clean copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
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British Metallic Coins And Tradesmen'S Tokens With Their Value From 1600-1912
by Kent, G. C.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1912
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$81.86
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Chichester, UK: The Author, 1912. Modern rebind in beige cloth with paper label on spine of the original 1912 edition, page edges untrimmed, some sections uncut, pp. 1-352 plus supplementary title page and 27-page index.. couple of pages mildly grubby (book was disbound for some years before restoration), but generally clean and sound copy. Scarce numismatic item.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
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Demosthenis Selectae Orationes...
by Demosthenes (ed and Notes Richard Mounteney)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Published
- 1764
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$272.88
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London and Eton: Rivington and Others; Jos. Pote (Eton), 1764. contemporary full calf with some scuffing, front hinge cracking at top half, five bands on spine, title label lacking, owner signature on endpaper dated 1766, frontispiece folding map of Greece quite sound, text block clean and sound, text is in Greek and Latin, Pages xlvii, 380, three page catalogue of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Histoire De La Guerre De Mil Sept Cent Quarante & Un
by Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
- Published
- 1756
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- Hardcover
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$272.88
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London: Jean Nourse, 1756. two volumes in one, full contemporary calf binding, five raised bands on spine, binding quite sound and tight, text clean and sound, original owner signature on front endpaper, along with price paid for the book. First London edition, in the original French.. First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
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A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, viz, A Popular, a Mathematical, a Mechanical, and a Philosophical Treatise. To which are added Remarks upon the Whole (in Two Volumes)
by Smith, Robert
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1738
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$1,910.12
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Cambridge: The Author, 1738. full calf binding, small (1cm) cracks to hinges at spine heads, leather on boards scuffed where the books, left too long on the shelves, had become stuck to each other (see photos), some mild soiling on title pages, but text otherwise clean and tight throughout, illustrated with 83 folding engraved plates. Signed by an early… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume X
by Swift, Jonathan
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1760
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- Hardcover
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$21.83
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London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, J. Ward, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder and Co, and W. bowyer , 1760. full calf with five raised bands on spine, minimal gilt decoration, spine ends worn, hinges cracking but holding, margins of some outer leaves stained brown from leather, text block otherwise clean and sound, 246 pages. Volume contains the Drapier's Letters and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bibliographie Instructive ou Traité de la Connoissance des Livres Rares et Singuliers - Volume De Theologie
by De Bure, Guillaume-Francois (le jeune)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1763
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- Hardcover
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$49.12
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Paris: Chez Guillaume-François de Bure le Jeune, 1763. presumed original calf binding, lower third of spine and label missing, hinges cracked but binding cords still holding all together, library stamps of Dublin religious institution library on title page and a couple of other early pages, discolouring from old damp affecting margins near lower spine, not into text, otherwise clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The West of Ireland: its existing condition, and Prospects
by Coulter, Henry
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1862
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- Hardcover
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$600.32
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Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1862. original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, gilt illustration on front board showing Britannia and Hibernia reaching out across the Irish Sea, some rubbing wear to spine ends and bumping to foredge corners, inner front hinge, which had been cracked, strengthened and repaired, early owner's signature on front pastedown, pages xii, 372 plus 20 pages of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Advice to Purchasers of Horses
by Stewart, J. I. M.
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- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1836
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$65.49
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Glasgow: M'Phun, 1836. original edition from 1836, fourth edition, not a reproduction, rebound in recent boards with new endpapers, paper label on spine,text block sound, but generally grubby and soiled througyout, scarce in any original edition.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Item Price
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Cambrensis Eversus, Seu Potius Historica Fides in Rebus Hibernicis Giraldo Cambrensi Abrogata - Volume 1 Only
by Lynch, John, edited with English translation and notes By Rev. Matthew Kelly
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1848
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$49.12
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Dublin: Celtic Society, 1848. modern rebinding in green cloth-covered boards, new endpapers, binding sound and strong, some wear and scuffing to outer leaves (book was disbound when I acquired it), a few marks in pencil by previous scholarly owner, pp xvi, 515. Apart from Kelly's introduction, Lynch's text is in Latin and English on facing pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Repealer's Manual, or Absenteeism: The Union Re-Considered
by Battersby, W. J.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1833
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$54.57
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Dublin: O'Flanagan, 1833. two parts in one, rebound in modern maroon cloth, paper label on spine, 377 pages complete, piece torn from base of title page and introduction, as illustrated, otherwise clean and sound original edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Outlines of the History of Ireland for Schools and Families, from the Earliest Period to the Union in 1800, with Questions for Examination, and Illustrations on wood
by Author Not Known
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1847
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$81.86
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Dublin: Curry, 1847. original 1847 edition, rebound in modern cloth boards, new endpapers, paper label on spine, as illustrated, owner signature on title page, presumably from 19C, 382pp, text clean and sound throughout, Rare in original format. Several works with the same title appeared around this time, and I am inclined towarrds Elizabeth Jane Brabazon. At the end of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Diseases of the Digestive Organs of the Horse, Including Those of His Urinary and Generative Systems. With Illustrations. Being Part II, Vol. II, of the Author's 'Hippopathology'
by Percivall, William
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Published
- 1855
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- Hardcover
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$103.69
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London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. 'New edition, thoroughly revised, with extensive additions,' recently rebound in maroon cloth with paper spine label, pagination is continuous from the missing volume 1, namely, vi, 225-595. piece torn from final leaf, though with no loss of text, illustrations are of surgical and dental equipment. There are several marginal comments, presumably contemporary,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Della condizione economica, morale e política degli Italiani nei Bassi Tempi.
by SACCHI, Defendete and Giuseppe.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1828
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Dublin, Dublin, IRL
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$272.88
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Melbourne: Presso Ant. Fort. Stella e Figli,, 1828. two volumes in one, bound in full calf, five raised bands on spine, gilt tooled, boards with some scuffing and shelf wear, foxing in text affecting mainly a few leaves in volume 1. Volume 2, which is by Defendete only, deals with ne' Tempi Municipali. Pagination 267, 214. Interesting association copy. There… Read more about this item Item Price
$272.88