THE QUESTION OF OUR SPEECH; THE LESSON OF BALZAC; Two lectures
by JAMES, Henry
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition, 1/300 copies. Small 8vo, pp. 116. Paper over boards with cloth spine, paper label. Cover little worn at edges, one hinge tender, o/w VG. BAL 10660.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38492
- Title
- THE QUESTION OF OUR SPEECH; THE LESSON OF BALZAC; Two lectures
- Author
- JAMES, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1/300 copies
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1905
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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- Spine
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- O/W
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- VG
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- BAL
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