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THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE OF CURRENT EVENTS 1850

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Green cloth covered volume with an embossed front board and the title "THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE OF CURRENT EVENTS 1850." picked out in guilt. The Household Narrative of Current Events (For The Year 1850.) A Monthly Supplement to Household Words, Constructed by CHARLES DICKENS, 279 pages. Publishers, Bradbury And Evans, Whitefriars, London. The front end paper has been removed and the title page has a sticky tape repair to secure it to the spine.The reverse of the front board has the inscription, Emma Egerton Wraburton. The rear end paper has a series of long division calculations and the inside of the spine has the name Emma inscribed. Some foxing to the pages, bumping and rubbing all round to the cover boards, otherwise sound.

Historical information

A full version of the book in both pdf(Google Books) and text is avaliable online maintained by the HATHI TRUST, Digital Library.

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000061486

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cwa-org-51-B2022.3

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Emma Egerton Warburton

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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