The Book Buyer: A Monthly Review of American and Foreign Literature, Volumes 7-8C. Scribner and Company, 1873 - American literature |
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A Monthly Review of American and Foreign Literature. 62 THE SCIENCE OF BALLOONING . By JAMES GLAISHER , F.R.S. , CAMILLE THE SCIENCE OF BALLOONING . TRAVELS IN THE AIR . FLAMMARION , W. DE FONVIELLE , and GASTON TISSANDIER . Edited by ...
A Monthly Review of American and Foreign Literature. 62 THE SCIENCE OF BALLOONING . By JAMES GLAISHER , F.R.S. , CAMILLE THE SCIENCE OF BALLOONING . TRAVELS IN THE AIR . FLAMMARION , W. DE FONVIELLE , and GASTON TISSANDIER . Edited by ...
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... SCIENCE AND ART . Twelve vols . in six , 12mo , with many hundred Engravings ... 10 50 12.00 LATHAM ( B. ) . SANITARY ENGINEERING : A GUIDE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORKS OF SEWERAGE AND HOUSE DRAINAGE . With Tables for facilitating the ...
... SCIENCE AND ART . Twelve vols . in six , 12mo , with many hundred Engravings ... 10 50 12.00 LATHAM ( B. ) . SANITARY ENGINEERING : A GUIDE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORKS OF SEWERAGE AND HOUSE DRAINAGE . With Tables for facilitating the ...
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... SCIENCE . Revised by Sir W. THOMSON , Dr. JOULE , Prof. MAXWELL , and Prof. JENKIN . One vol . 8vo ROCHE BLANCHE ; OR , THE HUNTERS OF THE PYRENEES . A Romance . By ANNA MARIA PORTER . Three vols . 12mo [ 1822 ] , very rare , boards ...
... SCIENCE . Revised by Sir W. THOMSON , Dr. JOULE , Prof. MAXWELL , and Prof. JENKIN . One vol . 8vo ROCHE BLANCHE ; OR , THE HUNTERS OF THE PYRENEES . A Romance . By ANNA MARIA PORTER . Three vols . 12mo [ 1822 ] , very rare , boards ...
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... Science , the Arts , and general Literature . This Catalogue extends to eighty closely - printed pages , and is so arranged that reference is easy . All book - buyers will find it indispensable . Copies will be sent , post- paid , on ...
... Science , the Arts , and general Literature . This Catalogue extends to eighty closely - printed pages , and is so arranged that reference is easy . All book - buyers will find it indispensable . Copies will be sent , post- paid , on ...
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... science . Indeed , certain of these stories might well be circulated as tracts , inculcating the kind of virtues tritely , but none the less truly , called domestic . ' How One Woman kept her 66 Husband , " is a bold study of a most ...
... science . Indeed , certain of these stories might well be circulated as tracts , inculcating the kind of virtues tritely , but none the less truly , called domestic . ' How One Woman kept her 66 Husband , " is a bold study of a most ...
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