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 Chandos Classics edition in crown octavo was first issued in 1877.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George
V. was issued in post and in crown octavo.
From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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)
These notes seem to have been equivalent to about 600 pages of an ordinary crown octavo book printed in long primer.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
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