Curiosities of literature
by DISRAELI, I[saac]
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- Hardcover
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden; New York: William Jackson, 1833. First complete American edition of the first series, 8vo, 3 vols., pp. 386, 363, and 375; wood-engraved frontispiece illustration in each vol., folded facsimile of "Mr. Pope's Manuscript Homer" in vol. III; original purple moiré-patterned cloth covered boards, stamped and lettered in gilt on spine; moderate wear to extremities, the spines faded to tan with ends fraying and chipped, joints on each volume cracked with a few inadequate and amateurish tape repairs, and light to moderate foxing throughout. The Curiosities was the most popular and most reprinted work by Benjamin Disraeli's father.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30108
- Title
- Curiosities of literature
- Author
- DISRAELI, I[saac]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Jackson
- Place of Publication
- Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden; New York
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Essays , Literary Criticism , Anecdotes ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
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