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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 2" front edge tear at spine tail, 2" rear edge tear at spine head, corners rubbed, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This volume presents a collection of extracs from the works of prominent novelists, showing the many and various ways in which they treat the marriage proposal. . it is chiefly writers of the more recent school of fiction, in England and America, who have found in the marriage proposal a fond subject for the exercise of their literary skill." - Preface. Contents: The youthful proposal; The vicarious proposal; The humble proposal; The pompous proposal; The successful proposal; The unsuccessful proposal; The resultless proposal; The renewed proposal.; xvi, 343 pages.…