FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS: A COLLECTION OF PASSAGES, PHRASES, AND PROVERBS TRACED TO THEIR SOURCES IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE. Signed by John Bartlett

Bartlett, John

Verlag: Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1892

Beschreibung

1st Edition. Hardcover. Rare Presentation Copy of the ninth edition and the last edited by Bartlett himself, this copy is warmly inscribed: "Mary D. Flagg / With the / sincere regard of / John Bartlett". In a handsome contemporary full crushed morocco leather binding. Spine ornately gilt, five raised bands, each compartment with fine gilt devices & decorations; boards with gilt rules and devices in the corners, gilt patterned inner dentelles. Text block clean, tight & sound. Minimal rubs. 8vo. 1158 pp. A bright, clean & lovely example of this American Classic seldom encountered inscribed.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 33550

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS: A COLLECTION OF PASSAGES, PHRASES, AND PROVERBS TRACED TO THEIR SOURCES IN ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE. Signed by John Bartlett
• Verlag: Little, Brown, and Company, Boston
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1892
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition.
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
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