Home [Cream of Human Thought Library].
by Cole, E. W. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: E. W. Cole, 1915. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, embossed brown cloth cover (very mottled), black & white drawings, frontispiece portrait, black & white drawings & text-photos, endpapers toned & little foxed, small tears bottom edge several pages, spine little faded, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. 415 pp. The fourth volume of 'The Cream of Human Thought Library'. It consists of a large number of sayings and extracts from universal literature about home life. It includes brief biographies for some authors. The aim is to make this collection the most interesting, informative and enduing that is currently available. A 'Compliments from E. W. Cole' page following endpapers. (No date, but 1910s, Trove. In memory of his late wife, who died in 1911. Has 415 pages plus extra unnumbered pages.)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17891
- Title
- Home [Cream of Human Thought Library].
- Author
- Cole, E. W. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. W. Cole
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- reference, quotations, literature, australian compiler, collectible, collectable
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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- Octavo
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