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All Quiet Along the Potomac and Other Poems
by Beers, Ethel Lynn
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good cloth first edition ex-library with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Residue of library call number sticker on spine, rebound sometime in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Front end papers are torn along spine but spine is straight and tight. No markings, creases, or tears. Age toning to all pages commensurate with age. 352 pages.
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- Seller
- William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000268
- Title
- All Quiet Along the Potomac and Other Poems
- Author
- Beers, Ethel Lynn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1879
- Pages
- 352
- Keywords
- poetry, literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
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About the Seller
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
Biblio member since 2018
Greenwood, South Carolina
About William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts specializes in modern poetry and southern history, with an emphasis on first and signed editions.
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