copyright 1883; George Routledge & Sons publishers, 9 Lafayette Place, New York; hardbound; good/fair condition with wear to boards - see pics; pages are clean and unmarked with illustrations vivid; minor edge wear; no dust jacket.
 
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This volume is a history of England that professes to not use words of two or more syllables, but Ms. Pierson fudges this requirement by spltting longer words with hyphens. For example, "Elizabeth" becomes "E-liz-a-beth".  A little weird...