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A FEW WORDS ON THE EASTERN QUESTION
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1860
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$66.00
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London: James Ridgway, 1860. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 56 pp. Removed from volume. Library stamp on the title page; minor toning and soiling to the first and last leaf as well as some minor chipping to the fore-edge of the final leaf; original stitching holes in the inner margin; gentle vertical crease from folding; a few dog-eared leaves,… Read more about this item Item Price
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REVIEW OF THE REPORT PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT ON THE TURKISH BOMBARDMENT OF BELGRADE
by Great Britain. Parliament
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1863
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- Disbound
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$83.00
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London: Bell and Daldy, 1863. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 15, [1] pp. Removed from volume. Institutional rubber stamp on the title page, otherwise a clean copy of a scarce report. A scant half dozen institutional holdings, all in Britain. No holdings noted by OCLC in the U. S. or Canada. Item Price
$83.00
THE PROGRESS OF TURKEY. BY EYE-WITNESSES
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1863
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$83.00
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London: Bell and Daldy, 1863. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 16 pp. First edition. Removed from volume. Generally clean. A tract that challenges the supposition make by a "distinguished English statesman: that "Turkey has made more progress in ten years than any European nation" (p. 3). The author dives into injustices suffered by Christians leading the author to… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE STORY OF THE HUNS
by Brion, Marcel | translated by Frederick H. Martens
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
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- 1931
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00
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New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. vii, [1], 286 pp., frontis, plates. First edition. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A bright, clean copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket; price intact on the front flap. Item Price
$50.00
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IDLE DAYS IN PATAGONIA
by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry) | illustrated by Alfred Hartley and J. Smit
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1893
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$110.00
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1893. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vi, [2], 256, 4 (ads) pp., frontis., plates, illus. First edition. In publisher's cloth with arrowhead motif in gilt on the front board, all for inserted plates present as called for. Spine a bit sunned; binding is a trifle rubbed but presents fairly well. An adhesive mend… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORBIS ANTIQUUS, EX TABULA ITINERARIA QUAE THEODOSII IMP ET PEUTINGERI AUDIT AD SYSTEMA GEOGRAPHIAE REDACTUS ET COMMENTARIO ILLUSTRATUS OPERA P. MATH. PETRI KATANCSICH (Pars I: Continens Europam; Pars II: Continens Asiam et Africam)
by Katancsich, Mathias Petrus [Matija Petar Katan i ] | Konrad Peutinger
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1825
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$605.00
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Budae [Budapest]: Sumtibus Typographiae Regiae Universitatis Hungaricae, 1825. Hard Cover. Good binding. Quarto. [10], cviii, 731, [7]; 625, [98] pp., maps. First edition. In contemporary cloth backed boards with cloth corners; 12 folding hand-colored reproduction Tabula Peutingeriana. Bindings are rubbed at the extremities with fraying corners and spine ends. Light and scattered foxing throughout. Ex-library with early Library… Read more about this item Item Price
$605.00
![TUCKER'S POLITICAL FLY-SHEETS CONTAINING [7 of 10 Political Fly-Sheets] to which Appended, by Permission, Reports of the Sub-Committee of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Association for Watching the War](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/086/977/1563977086.0.m.jpg)
TUCKER'S POLITICAL FLY-SHEETS CONTAINING [7 of 10 Political Fly-Sheets] to which Appended, by Permission, Reports of the Sub-Committee of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Association for Watching the War
by Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Association for Watching the War
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- Used - Fair binding
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- 1855
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- Unbound
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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London: Trubner & Co, 1855. Unbound. Fair binding. 8 volumes including the introduction and "Report" (Octavo. xv, [1] pp). Includes: No. 1: Palmerston and Russia. 16 pp. No. 2: Palmerston, What Has He Done? 16 pp. No. 3: England's Part in Turkey's Fall. (Sinope.) 15, [1] pp. No. 4: The War for Russia, Not Against Russia. 15, [1]… Read more about this item Item Price
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TESTAMENT POLITIQUE D'ARMAND DE PLESSIS CARDINAL DUC DE RICHELIEU
by Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de
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- Used - Poor binding
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- 1689
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- Full Leather
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$110.00
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Amsterdam: Chez henry Desbordes, 1689. Full Leather. Poor binding. 12mo. [2], 323, [1] pp. Contemporary calf, worn, leather dry and abraded; leather of spine and joints chipped with loss; one corner of front cover worn away; ex-library with all the usual markings, bookplate, and some pencil ones; textblock is largely free of toning or foxing. Whether Cardinal Richelieu… Read more about this item Item Price
$110.00
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THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA, in Six Volumes (Complete)
by Mill, James
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- Used - Fair binding
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- 1826
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$330.00
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London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Octavo. Volume I: iv, xxxv, [1], 450; II: iv, 463, [1]; III: iv, 571, [1]; IV: iv, 508; V:iv, 546; VI: iv, [2], 631, [1] pp., maps. Third edition. As issued in publisher's cloth; spines sunned with printed paper labels; two folding maps: the large "Map of Hindoostan"… Read more about this item Item Price
$330.00
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EXAMEN: OR, AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CREDIT AND VERACITY OF A PRETENDED COMPLETE HISTORY; Shewing the Perverse and Wicked Design of it, and the Many Falsities and Abuses of Truth Contained in it. Together with some Memoirs Occasionally Inserted
by North, Roger
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- Used - near Good binding
- Published
- 1740
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- Full Leather
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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London: Fletcher Gyles, 1740. Full Leather. near Good binding. Large quarto. [16], 692, [24] pp., frontis. First edition. Contemporary speckled calf, double-ruled in gilt around the perimeter of the boards; leather title label on the spine. Scuffed and bumped; joints are splitting but holding; minor worming in margins, worsening in the upper margin of one hundred or so… Read more about this item Item Price
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STATE-PAPERS AND LETTERS ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM CARSTARES . . . Relating to Public Affairs in Great-Britian, but more Particularly in Scotland, During the Reigns of K. William and Q. Anne. To which is Prefixed the Life of Mr. Carstares
by McCormick, Joseph (editor)
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- Used - Fair binding
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- 1774
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$83.00
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Edinburgh: John Balfour | London: W. Strahan and T. Cadel, 1774. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Quarto. xii, 800 pp. Untrimmed copy in early 19th century cloth. Generally worn and rubbed; hinges and joints are starting to split; a serviceable reference or binding copy. McCormick (1733-1799) provides later generations with documentary evidence for the study of the complicated life… Read more about this item Item Price
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VINDICATION OF THE ANCIENT INDEPENDENCE OF SCOTLAND
by Allen, John
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1833
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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London: Charles Knight, 1833. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 97, [1] pp., errata slip. First edition. Removed from nonce volume. Inscribed by the author on the first blank; institutional stamp on the verso of the title page; scant and scattered foxing, but largely a clean copy. Fairly uncommon , even in institutional holdings. OCLC identifies 10 copies under various… Read more about this item Item Price
$165.00
POLITICKS IN MINIATURE: OR, THE HUMOURS OF PUNCH'S RESIGNATION. A Tragi-Comi-Farcical-Operatical Puppet-Show. . . . Taken from the Westminster Journal of March 20, 1741-2, Oct. 30, & Nov. 6, 1742
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1742
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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London: Printed for J. Mechell, 1742. Disbound. Good binding. 12mo. 38, [2 (adverts)] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Rear leaf separated; title page and verso of the final leaf are soiled; general age toning. First stand-alone printing of this satire on Sir Robert Walpole, taken from the Westminster Journal. Uncommon in commerce. Item Price
$165.00
SHIPS AND RAILWAYS
by [Mather, James]
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1846
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$138.00
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 40 pp. First edition. Removed from nonce volume. Respined with archival tape; title leaf once separated from binding is reattached. Spotting to front and rear pages; title page with small edge chips and one small hole at the top corner; small closed tear to the bottom margin… Read more about this item Item Price
$138.00
THE CHARTWELL BULLETINS, January - June 1935 (Churchill Series: Number 2)
by Churchill, Winston S. | edited by Martin Gilbert
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1989
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- Soft Cover
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$83.00
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International Churchill Society, 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 64 pp., illus. As issued, in publisher's wrappers. Contents clean. Uncommon. Item Price
$83.00
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PEOPLE AND IDENTITY IN OSTROGOTHIC ITALY, 489-554
by Amory, Patrick
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- Used - near Good binding
- Published
- 2003
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- Soft Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$33.00
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Cambridge University Press, 2003. Soft Cover. near Good binding. Octavo. xxii, 522, [4] pp. First paperback edition. Trade paperback with glossy, pictorial covers. Obvious dampstaining has rippling to the first and last several leaves and to the bottom margin throughout the textblock; no tidelines; contents clean. But the moisture rippling it is in Very Good or better condition.… Read more about this item Item Price
$33.00
A SECOND LETTER TO THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE. CONTAINING FARTHER STRICTURES ON HIS "VIEW OF THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRESENT WAR:" Some Reflections on the Subject of the Present Negotiation; and Observations on the late Voluntary Loan. With a Word to the Critics, subjoined
by Gifford, John [John Richard Green]
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1797
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$138.00
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London: T. N. Longman, 1797. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. [2],80 pp. Second Edition. Removed from nonce volume and at some point backed in paper. A solid copy; rubber stamped number on the title page as well as a manuscript subject demarcation in heavy pencil with attempts at erasure; light foxing throughout. Gifford was a "tory political writer .… Read more about this item Item Price
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A LETTER TO THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE; CONTAINING SOME STRICTURES ON HIS VIEW OF THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRESENT WAR WITH FRANCE
by Gifford, John [John Richard Green]
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1797
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$138.00
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London: Printed by J. Plymsell for T. N. Longman, 1797. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. [2], 171, [1] pp. Lacking half title. Removed from nonce volume and at some point backed in paper. A solid copy; rubber stamped number on the title page as well as a manuscript subject demarcation in heavy pencil; light foxing throughout; penultimate leaf is… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CONDUCT OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE PROSECUTION OF MR. WILKES
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1764
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- Disbound
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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London: J. Wilkie, 1764. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. [4], 31, [1] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Deaccessioned copy with periodic rubber stamps and catalog numbers; fairly fragile copy; half title and last leaf (blank) are soiled; chip to the fore-edge margin of the half title; closed tear to the top margin of all leaves, not touching text; generally… Read more about this item Item Price
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A LETTER ON THE GENIUS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING A VIEW OF THE TAXATION OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE
by Walsh, Robert
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- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1810
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- Disbound
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1810. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. iv, 252 pp. Third edition. Removed fro nonce volume; backed in paper. Some chipping to the margin in a few places; soiling to the first and last leaf; generally solid; six-digit number stamped at the top of the title page; a few instances throughout the text of… Read more about this item Item Price
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