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... James Parton $ 5,000 to write his biography . The Lancet understands that Mr. Tom Taylor has left the Government service , the office he held having been superseded by the new Local Government Board . He entered the public service in ...
... James Parton $ 5,000 to write his biography . The Lancet understands that Mr. Tom Taylor has left the Government service , the office he held having been superseded by the new Local Government Board . He entered the public service in ...
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... James Montgomery , and who was himself a poet and most voluminous general writer , died in Sheffield on the 28th Dec. , at the age of 79 . George Palmer Putnam . - On December 20 , very suddenly , Mr. Putnam , the well known publisher ...
... James Montgomery , and who was himself a poet and most voluminous general writer , died in Sheffield on the 28th Dec. , at the age of 79 . George Palmer Putnam . - On December 20 , very suddenly , Mr. Putnam , the well known publisher ...
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... Stuarts . Including the Protectorate of Cromwell . Portraits . 3 vols . , 12mo , Roxburghe binding , uncut . London , 1855- $ 7.50 JOHNSON , S. Life . By James Boswell . Including Books for Sale by J. Sabin & Sons , 84 Nassau Street .
... Stuarts . Including the Protectorate of Cromwell . Portraits . 3 vols . , 12mo , Roxburghe binding , uncut . London , 1855- $ 7.50 JOHNSON , S. Life . By James Boswell . Including Books for Sale by J. Sabin & Sons , 84 Nassau Street .
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... James . 2 vols . , 8vo , new , half calf , gilt . Lon- don , 1851 . $ 4.50 MACAULAY , LORD . Lays of Ancient Rome . Printed on thick paper . Square 8vo , new , half morocco extra , gilt tops , uncut , by Mansell . Lon- don , 1843 ...
... James . 2 vols . , 8vo , new , half calf , gilt . Lon- don , 1851 . $ 4.50 MACAULAY , LORD . Lays of Ancient Rome . Printed on thick paper . Square 8vo , new , half morocco extra , gilt tops , uncut , by Mansell . Lon- don , 1843 ...
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... James's Version as before been published . A few are named in Lea Wilson and Cotton , but not a tithe of the whole ¡ umber . LONDON : B. M. PICKERING . J. SABIN & SONS , 84 Nassau St. , N. Y. GEORGE TRENT , 527 CLASSON AVENUE , BROOKLYN ...
... James's Version as before been published . A few are named in Lea Wilson and Cotton , but not a tithe of the whole ¡ umber . LONDON : B. M. PICKERING . J. SABIN & SONS , 84 Nassau St. , N. Y. GEORGE TRENT , 527 CLASSON AVENUE , BROOKLYN ...
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