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London- UK: Bell and Daldy, 1858. LEGENDARY TALES- Mrs. Alfred Gatty (Margaret Scott Gatty)- Illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne)- Bell and Daldy- London-UK- 1858- 1st Edition-Per World Cat:- Author Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873. Title Legendary tales / by Mrs. Alfred Gatty ; with illustrations by Phiz. Imprint London : Bell and Daldy, 1858. Description 297 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.-Contents A legend of Sologne.--The hundredth birthday.--The treasure-seeker. Alternate Author Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. Hardcover:-12mo-VG+/ no dj as issued- original publishers pebble green cloth with gilt titles on spine-very light wear at extremities, otherwise square, tight and clean- A superlative copy of a Scarce book!- Illustrations by Phiz of Charles Dickens renown- 297pp + 36pp Bell and Daldy Catalogue for books- Fiction-tales-legends-collection-athology-clasic-illustrated (2972) . 1st Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). 12mo - over 6¾" -…
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A Treatise on the Origin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss-Earth, with directions for converting it into manure
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Air, Glasgow, Edinburgh: Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co (et al), 1811. Octavo, pp xxx, 355, (i), marbled edges, the first four leaves have a light crease to the lower corner, otherwise clean and sound internally though the latter half of the book tends to be a little age-toned, contemporary full calf, rubbed, neatly re-backed with a new calf spine and morocco label.. Full Leather. Good.
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A Treatise on the Origin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss-Earth, with Directions for Converting It Into Manure
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