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Life And Public Services Of General Ulysses S. Grant, From His Boyhood To The Present Time. And A Biographical Sketh Of Hon. Schuyler Colfax.
by Charles A. Phelp
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1868
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- Hardcover
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Boston: Lee And Shepard, 1868 Brown/Gilt Pine. Engraved Frontispiece. Light Foxing. Scarce. Illus. by Embellished With Two Steel Potraits And Four Illustrations From Designs By Hammatt Billings. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item Price
$122.50
Wallace Stevens A Dual Life As A Poet And Insurabce Executive
by Alison Johnson
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9780967561943
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Bath, Maine, USA
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Topsham, Maine: Cumberland Press, 2012 Inscribed To Paul Johnson Alison Johnson. 332 Pgs Index. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Item Price
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The Life Of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Letters And Journals
by By Her Son Charles Edward Stowe
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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Bath, Maine, USA
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$191.10
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Houghton Mifflin, 1890 Blue Gilt Decorated Cloth. A Tear At Spine, Bumped, And One Surface Hole. Boards Cracked, Holding by a thread Tissued Frontis Page X 530 Pgs. Many Engravings. Index A List Of The Works Of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Scarce Copy.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Item Price
$191.10
The Life Of Sir William Pepperrell, Bart., The Only Native Of New England Who Was Created A Baronet During Our Connection With The Mother Country
by Usher Parsons
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1855
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- Hardcover
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Bath, Maine, USA
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$98.00
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Boston: Little Brown And Company, 1855 Green Embossed Covers/Gilt Title Spine. Preface Viii Table Of Contents Xii 352 Pgs. Scarce. Slight Bumping To Spine Heads.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Item Price
$98.00
Noted Men Of Maine A Volume Of Portraits Of The Leaders In The Professional, Commercial And Industrial Life
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1915
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- Paperback
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$220.50
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Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Company, 1915 Dark Green Suede/Gilt Covers With Embossed Maine Seal, Oblong.Gilted Fine Paper Backing.148 Pgs Index. Light Foxing Fep W/Two Dog- Eared Pages. Starts With Charles F. Johnson, "Lawyer" Waterville, Maine - Last Is * James G. Blaine Augusta, Maine. Quite Rare Minerva Finds 6 Copies Held. Oblong. 1st Edition. Full leather Soft cover. Very Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Recollections Of The Life Of The Late Right Honourable Charles James Fox; Exhibiting A Faithful Account Of The Most Remarkable Events Of His Political Career, And A Delineation Of His Characyer As A Statesman, Senator, & Man Of Fashion .
by B. C. Walpole, Eaq.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1807
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- Hardcover
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Bath, Maine, USA
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New York: Printed For E. Sargent, 39 Wall-St By D. And B. Bruce, 1807 Grayish Green Card Boards, Paper Spine Exposed Showing Bound Signatures, Title Plate Life Of Fox Good. Some Staining, Foxing, No Markings, Or Tears.Rag Fore Edges.Prefacevi. Appendix. 244 Pgs. Solid Copy Of Scarce Work. ." Comprehending Numerous Anecdotes Of His Public And Private Life; And An Accurate… Read more about this item Item Price
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Once Upon A Memory (Growing Up At Bosrbuck) A Memoir - Signed
by Polly Ann Hewey Johston
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- 1st Edition
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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Bath, Maine, USA
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$49.00
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Polly Hewey Johnston And Joyce Peier, 2010 Filled With B/W Photographs, Illustrations Maps, Signed On Title Page. Rare Maine Memoir.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Item Price
$49.00
Henry David Thoreau As A Surveyor The Myth Versus The Reality
by David C. Garcelon, Pls
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- New
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- 1st Edition
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- 2020
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- Paperback
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Bath, Maine, USA
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Brunswick, Maine: Privately Printed, 2020 Color Illustrations, Introduction. Maps, Appendices. 183 Pgs. Maine Author.. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. Item Price
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Mischling, Second Degree My Childhood In Nazi Germany - Signed
by Ilse Koehn
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780688841102
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Bath, Maine, USA
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$147.00
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New York: Greenwillow Books, 1977 Inscribed To Mary-Jane And Robert Wilde Affectionally From Ilse October 1977. Full Number Line Dust Jacket Has A Few Tears, Chip Lower Front Panel. Foreword By Harrison E. Salisbury. Quite Rare. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Item Price
$147.00
Portia The World Of Abigail Adams- Signed
by Edith B. Gelles
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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Bath, Maine, USA
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$490.00
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Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana Univerisity Press, 1992 Abigail A. Manny Ink Fep. Inscribed "For Abigail Manny - On The Occasion Of Abigail Adams' 250Th Birthday Celebration. A Pleasure To Meet You" Edith B. Gelles. June 21, 1994. Abigail A. Manny Is The Great Great Grand-Daughter Of John Quincy Adams. She Chrisend The Nuclear Submarine John Adams (Ssbn 620) Jan. 12,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who's Who In Maine A Biographical Dictionary Of Maine's Outstanding Men And Women
by Seth Harmon Editor
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- 1st Edition
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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Philadelphia: The National Biographical Society, 1926 Red/Gilt Cloth. Nd 1926 From Ad. Extremely Rare Not In Worldcat Or Minerva.Addenda (9) 284 Pgs. Advertisments Rear Of Private Schools In Maine. B/W Photographs Of Oak Grove, Kents Hill Ect. Alphabetical Brief Biographs. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item Price
$98.00
Only One Point Of The Compass Willa Cather In The Northeast- Signed
by Marion Marsh Brown And Ruth Crone
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780890970171
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Bath, Maine, USA
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Danbury , Ct.: Archer Editions Press, 1980 Jacket Unclipped. Signed By Both Authors On Title Page.136 Pgs. Grand Manan Island Canada Retreat As Well As Other Places In Maine And New Hampshire. Rare Signed.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
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Essex Institute Historical Collections Special Hawthorne Issue October 1964 Vol. C No. 4
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- 1st Edition
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- 1964
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- Paperback
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Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1964 Issued Quarterly. Covers Sight Soiled. Rare Worldcat Finds 6 Copies Index Pgs 233-317 Six Articles About Hawthorne. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Item Price
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Annals Of The American Unitarian Pulpit; Or Commemorative Notices Of Distinguished Clergymen Of The Unitarian Denomination In The United States. From Its Commencement To The Close Of The Year 1855, With A Historical Introduction
by Sprague, William B. D. D.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition, Ex-Library.
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- 1865
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- Hardcover
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Bath, Maine, USA
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$98.00
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New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1865 Leather/Gilt Spine, Green Boards. Engraved Frontispiece 578 Pgs Alphabetical Index. Solid Copy Of Scarce Work.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Edition, Ex-Library.. Hardcover. Very Good. Item Price
$98.00
I Told You So; Or, An Autobiography. Being Passages From A Life Now Progressing In The City Of Boston
by Mrs. T. Narcisse Doutney
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1873
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- Hardcover
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Boston, Mass.: Sold By Subscription Only, 1873 Brown/Gilt Boards, Normal Wear, Tight, Damp Stains To Pages Mostly In Margins. Engraved Frontis Piece "Gustave" Copyright 1873 By Harriet G. Storer 240 Pgs Scarce An Interest In Which Is Not Exited Simply Because Founded On Fact, But That The Incidentstherein Related Are Themselves The Facts.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Petit Claude: The Orphan Of Auschwitz And His French Rescuers - Signed
by Agnes Holzapfel Seugnet
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9780738860695
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Xlibris Corporation, 2000 And His French Rescuers A True Story 1938-1945 English Translation By Ann Keay Beneduce. Inscribed/Dated On Title Page. 217 Pgs Index Rare. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Item Price
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Presidents Of The Senate Of Maine From 1820
by James H. Mundy
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1979
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- Paperback
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Bath, Maine, USA
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$34.30
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Augusta, Maine: Secretary Of The Senate Of Maine, 1979 Front Cover Illustration: General John Chandler Of Monmouth, The First President Of The Senate Of Maine B/W Photographs. Scarce.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Item Price
$34.30
Lively Stones The Evolution Of The Congregational Church Of Boothbay Harbor, Maine Fromits Origins In 1766 To 2016
by Edited By Doreen C. Dun, Written By John F. Bauman, Robert W. Dent, Sarah M. Foulger, And Chip Griffin
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- New
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- 1st Edition
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- 2015
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780983005919
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Rockland, Maine: Maine Authors Publishing, 2015 List Of Settled Pastors : 1766-2016 Viii 472 Pgs Index B/W Photographs. Scarce. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. Item Price
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The Annual Monitor For 1891, Or Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britian And Ireland For The Year 1890
by Preface By W. Robinson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
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London: Society Of Friends, 1890 New Series, No. 49. Green Cloth/Gilt List Of Memoirs189 Pgs Table Showing The Deaths At Different Ages.Ect. Rare Copy. Inscription In Ink On Fep "John Greenleaf Whittier With Cordial Regard From The Widow Of His Friend Of Former Years Joseph Sturges 12/24/1890". 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Vassar College And Its Founder
by Lossing, Benson J.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1867
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- Hardcover
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Bath, Maine, USA
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New York: C. A. Alvord Printer, 1867 Green/Gilt Embossed Covers/Spine, Clean, Tight. Frontis Engraving Of Matthew Vassar.All Gilt Fore Edges. 175 Pgs. Illustrated. A Fine Copy.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Item Price
$49.00
