PURSUIT Of KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES; Its Pleasures and Rewards. Illustrated

by Memoirs of Eminent Men. In Two Volumes. Harper's Family Library No. Xciv & Xcv by Divers Authors

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff-Street, 1839 1840 . 1st US Edition. second issue. ix, 2 , 10 - 287; iv, 5 - 275, 1 blank pp. Bound in 6s. 6-5/16 x 4 . Linen cloth bindings with printed black lettering. Cover date of 1840. Square & tight. Covers quite foxed, with light foxing to paper. Vol. 1 has small abrasion to the right edge of the top board. Overall, a VG set. Item #19164

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