[Rarebooks] FS: Thackeray Triple Decker: The Adventures of Philip On His Way Through The World, 1862
Charles Agvent
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Tue Oct 28 12:20:12 EDT 2008
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace. THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP ON HIS WAY
THROUGH THE WORLD; SHEWING WHO ROBBED HIM, WHO HELPED HIM, AND WHO
PASSED HIM BY. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1862. First Edition.
Three volumes in the Second Issue binding (Sadleir 3186) of brown
morocco cloth with more conventional blocking than the first issue.
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