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... copy , £ 1 . 8s . SCARCE . 91 AMATONDA , a Tale from the German of Anton Wall , 12mo . new hf . calf gilt , 1811 Anton Wall , like Veit Weber and Jean Paul , is a literary nom de guerre . It has been assumed by one of the least ...
... copy , £ 1 . 8s . SCARCE . 91 AMATONDA , a Tale from the German of Anton Wall , 12mo . new hf . calf gilt , 1811 Anton Wall , like Veit Weber and Jean Paul , is a literary nom de guerre . It has been assumed by one of the least ...
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... Copy , LARGE PAPER , INDIA PROOFS , 5 vols . in 2 , calf gilt , gilt edges , £ 3 . 3s . 1812-20 117 ANCIENT RELIQUES , or Delinea- tions of Monastic , Castellated , and Do- mestic Architecture , and other interesting Subjects , with ...
... Copy , LARGE PAPER , INDIA PROOFS , 5 vols . in 2 , calf gilt , gilt edges , £ 3 . 3s . 1812-20 117 ANCIENT RELIQUES , or Delinea- tions of Monastic , Castellated , and Do- mestic Architecture , and other interesting Subjects , with ...
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... copies struck off . GENIOUSLY TORMENTING , with proper rules for the exercising of that Amusing Study , frontispiece , 12mo ... copy , £ 3 . 3s . SCARCE . 172 ANGLO - SAXON - RASK'S Grammar of the Anglo - Saxon Tongue , with a praxis ...
... copies struck off . GENIOUSLY TORMENTING , with proper rules for the exercising of that Amusing Study , frontispiece , 12mo ... copy , £ 3 . 3s . SCARCE . 172 ANGLO - SAXON - RASK'S Grammar of the Anglo - Saxon Tongue , with a praxis ...
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... copy , bds . £ 1 . 15s . 1824 Another Copy , tree marbled calf gilt , with border of gold on sides , marbled leaves , £ 2 . 15s . 1819 353 BACON'S ( Lord ) Essays , or Councils , Civil and Moral , also a discourse on the Wisdom of the ...
... copy , bds . £ 1 . 15s . 1824 Another Copy , tree marbled calf gilt , with border of gold on sides , marbled leaves , £ 2 . 15s . 1819 353 BACON'S ( Lord ) Essays , or Councils , Civil and Moral , also a discourse on the Wisdom of the ...
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... copy , russia , very neat , 7s . 6d . 1780 399 BARKER'S Complete List of Plays , exhibiting at one View the Title , Size , Date , and Author , from the commence- ment of Theatrical Performances to 1803 , post 8vo . bds . 4s . 1803 400 ...
... copy , russia , very neat , 7s . 6d . 1780 399 BARKER'S Complete List of Plays , exhibiting at one View the Title , Size , Date , and Author , from the commence- ment of Theatrical Performances to 1803 , post 8vo . bds . 4s . 1803 400 ...
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