crown octavo
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Now complete in seven handsome crown octavo volumes.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
The book contains xi+116+3 pages of Music Figures, crown octavo, bound in dark unlettered cloth.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
The volume from which this edition is printed consists of one hundred pages in crown octavo, with a very rude cut of Ruth and Boaz.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
The Chandos Classics edition in crown octavo was first issued in 1877.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George
The volumes will be printed in a handsome crown octavo form, and will sell for about $1.50 each.
From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
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