Harry, and the Fourpenny Piece; or, Honesty Answers Best -and - What Are Tis-Buts! -and- The Twenty Acres
by C. E. B.; (Jack Reeves); Harriet Packer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VeryGood+ unmarked.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (1871). Presumed 1st printing.. Hardcover in red cloth both w decorative stamping, gilt spine titling; no jacket as issued.. VeryGood+ unmarked.. Three moral tales for children, each by different author, each with frontispiece. Nice clean tight copy of rare antiquarian book.
3-1/4 x 4-3/4, 24 + 20 + 18 pp, 3 b/w frontispiece illus.
3-1/4 x 4-3/4, 24 + 20 + 18 pp, 3 b/w frontispiece illus.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28793
- Title
- Harry, and the Fourpenny Piece; or, Honesty Answers Best -and - What Are Tis-Buts! -and- The Twenty Acres
- Author
- C. E. B.; (Jack Reeves); Harriet Packer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in red cloth both w decorative stamping, gilt spine titling; no jacket as issued.
- Book Condition
- Used - VeryGood+ unmarked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed 1st printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1871)
- Keywords
- Culture, Language, Anthopol, Mythology
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edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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