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Manual of Mending and Repairing Antiques

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ISBN-10: 1846641292

ISBN-13: 9781846641299

Edition: 2006

Authors: Charles G. Leland

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List price: $28.45
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Read Books
Binding: Perfect 
Pages: 284
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Charles Godfrey Leland was born in Philadelphia on August 15, 1824, the eldest child of commission merchant Charles Leland and his wife Charlotte. Leland loved reading and language. When he moved to Europe to study law, he became intrigued with German culture, gypsy lore, the language of Romany, and Shelta, an ancient dialect spoken by Irish and Welsh gypsies. After his law studies were completed, Leland became a journalist, working for such periodicals as P.T. Barnum's Illustrated News, Vanity Fair, and Graham's Magazine. The mid-to-late 1850s were very eventful for Leland; he published his first book, Meister Karl's Sketch-Book in 1855 and married Eliza Bella Fisher in 1856. What probably…