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Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of A Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. [Volumes IV, V and VI only of six volumes.]
by Aikin, J. & Mrs. Barbauld
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1819. Hardcover. Appears to be ex-library, with library number and small library paper label on spine, and abrasions to blank front fly leaf where something has been removed. Other side of the front fly leaf has an old (19th C?) ink inscription "Hurrah!!! for Old England! Old England for ever!!! Love you country, Old England." Papered boards heavily rubbed and worn. Joints rubbed and worn. Leather corners rubbed and worn with 1/4" loss of leather at tips. Split to front endpaper at gutter. ; Volume IV, V, and VI only of six volumes. The three volumes bound as one volume. Twelfth Edition. [iv], 160; iv, 151, [1]; iv, 152 pages. Contemporary or near contemporary half calf and marbled pastepaper boards. Gilt decoration to spine. Spine title: "EVENINGS / AT / HOME / 2." Page dimensions: 131 x 83mm. Leaves trimmed close to the page numbers in Volume VI. .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 19365
- Title
- Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of A Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. [Volumes IV, V and VI only of six volumes.]
- Author
- Aikin, J. & Mrs. Barbauld
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Publisher
- Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1819
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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