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crown quarto

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noun

Chiefly British.

  1. a size of book, about 7½ × 10 inches (19 × 25 centimeters), untrimmed. crown 4to

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Crown Quarto, printed on dull finished paper, lithograph by Mr. Pennell on cover.

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Crown quarto, 6s. net; by post, 6s. 6d.

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Crown quarto, 11¼ inches by 9½ inches, picture boards, cloth back, 2s. 6d.

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The 5/- Crown Quarto Edition has been specially prepared with Thirty-two full-page Illustrations.

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In Crown Quarto, uniform with the Seventh Edition of Alison's History, bound in cloth, 2l. 12s. 6d.

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