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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS, 51 VOLUMES: 1977-1980. Millwood, New York. Published by Kraus Reprint Company. 51 of 52 volumes, missing volume 5. All volumes are in Very Good++ condition. All volumes are bound in black faux leather and gilded

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THE PENNY CYCLOPAEDIA, 27 VOLUMES, 1833-1845: 1833-1845. London. Charles Knight, Publisher. Complete in 27 volumes. All volumes are in Very Good condition. Contemporary Brown Half Calf Leather Binding with Marbled Paper Covered Boards and Leather

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THE OXFORD MARK TWAIN – 29 VOLUMES - 1996: 1996. New York and Oxford. Oxford University Press. Complete in 29 volumes. All volumes are in Fine to Near Fine condition. All volumes are hard covers with dust jackets. No owners markings or bookpla

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THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE, 19 VOLUMES – 1894-1912: 1894-1912. Harrisburg, PA. The National Historic Society. All volumes are in Very Good++ to Very Good condition. 19 volumes. Bound in white cloth with blue and gold embossing on the spines for titles.

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THEOLOGIE CURSUS COMPLETUS, 27 VOLUMES, 1839-1845: Paris. 1839-1845. Excudebat Migne, Publisher. 27 of 28 volumes, missing volume 20. All volumes are in Very Good condition. Written entirely in Latin. All volumes bound in full, black calves leather. T

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THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOSEPH ADDISON – 6 VOLUMES - 1811: 1811. London. Complete in 6 volumes. PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND, BY J. M'CREERY, BLACK-HORSE COURT. All volumes are in Very Good condition, bound in brown full leather. All volumes ar

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THE HARVARD CLASSICS, 50 VOLUMES, 1910: 1910. New York. P.F. Collier and Sons. Complete in 50 volumes. All volumes in Near Fine to Very Good++, unread condition. Green cloth boards, gold embossed lettering on the spines is still very visibl

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OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1894, 24 VOLUMES: 1894. Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office. 24 volumes total in this set, in Series One and Two. Series One is missing volume 10. All volumes are in Very Good condition. Series Two only ha

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THE CAMBRIDGE MEDIEVAL HISTORY, 8 VOLUMES – 1936, AND 4 VOLUMES OF THE CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY: 1936. Cambridge. The University Press. Very Good++ condition. Cambridge Medieval History is complete in 8 volumes. All volumes without dust jackets. Green and red cloth bindings. No owners markings or

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FRANKLIN LIBRARY’S BOOK SET, 100 GREATEST OF AMERICAN LITERATURE – 12 VOLUMES: 1980s. Philadelphia. All books are in Fine, Unread condition. All are special luxury edition volumes from The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature, Under The Auspices of The American Revol

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JOHN STEINBECK WORKS, 12 VOLUMES, 5+ FIRST EDITIONS, 1930s: 1930s. New York. MacMillan Company of Canada, Publishers. 11 volumes. All volumes are Near Fine to Very Good condition. All volumes are hard cover, brown cloth and have gold, blue and red embossed on

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THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FEDERAL EDITION, 8 VOLUMES, 1906: 1906. New York. G.P. Putnam and Sons. Complete in 8 volumes, with all volumes being in Very Good condition. All volumes have blue cloth hard covers. This is a limited Federal Edition, it being 37 out

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FRANKLIN LIBRARY’S BOOK SET – AMERICAN CLASSICS – 10 VOLUMES: 1980s. Philadelphia. All books are in Fine, Unread condition. All are special luxury edition volumes and are bound in half leather, with gold/silver embossed title on the spine and design on the cover

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HISTORY FOR READY REFERENCE AND TOPICAL READING, 5 VOLUMES, 1895: 1895. Springfield, MA. The C.A. Nichols Co., Publishers. Complete in 5 volumes. All volumes in Very Good++ condition, and bound in full leather. Marbled end pages, with gilded edges on every page. No

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PLUTARCH’S SELECTED LIVES, 5 VOLUME SPECIAL EDITION – 1929: 1929. London. Nonesuch Press, Publisher. Complete in 5 Volumes. All volumes in Very Good ++ condition. It is a special, limited-edition printing, this being number 227 of 1050. Tan cloth covered board

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THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BY EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. – 6 VOLUMES - 1879: 1879. New York. Harper and Brothers, Publisher. Complete in 6 Volumes. All volumes in Very Good condition. Bound in green cloth boards. The spines and cover are embossed in gold and black for the titl

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First edition. 'Being six lectures delivered at the Royal Institution Christmas Holidays, 1920-1921'. Publishers navy cloth with blind-stamped vignette and lineal borders. Gilt title to spine. Untrimmed page-blocks. Minor foxing. Frontispiece plates. 16 full-page plates. Full-page and in-text illustrations. "A series of lectures on natural history, particularly with reference to natural selection." A very lovey copy.

Publisher: Andrew Melrose., London

Author: Prof. J. Arthur Thomson

Date Published: 1921

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Reference: #38

Reserve: $15.00

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