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West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.

Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.

Hazlitt, W. Carew. English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. Collected from the Most Authentic Sources Alphabetically arranged and annotated by W. Carew Hazlitt. First and Limited Edition. London, John Russell Smith, 1869. 23 x 15 cm. xxix, 505 pages. Title page Vignette. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and author on spine. Foreedge deckle. Rebacked in 2024 using the original boads and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Neat gift inscription on half title page. Internallty bright and clean. A very nice copy.

The First Edition was limited to 350 Copies of which fifty were printed on Large Paper.

Our price: EUR 220,-- 

Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.
Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.
Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.
Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.
Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.

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When old books come back on the market they can once again scatter, travel, make people happy and nourish the passion for books.