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Published by J. B. Ford and Company, New York, 1873
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt decorations on front cover and gilt lettering and decorations on spine. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2." 2 1/4" thick. 1065 pages, complete. Thirty-four black and white plates, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Light smudge on front cover and slight chipping at the head and tail of spine. Listed in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 19475. Introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The following pieces of literature are included in this collection: "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan, "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe (De Foe), "The Vicar of Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith, "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, "Paul and Virginia" by Jacques-Henri (Henri-Jacques) Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, "Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia" by S. R. Cottin, "Picciola" by Joseph Xavier Boniface, "Vathek" by William Beckford, "Undine, or The Water Spirit" by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, and "Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments" translated by Edward Forster (includes "Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp," "The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor," and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves").