Anonymous [attributed to De Costa [DeCosta], B. F. [Benjamin Franklin De Costa]
by Hiawatha: the story of the Iroquois Sage, in prose and verse
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good minus/Without dust jacket (if issued)
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Anson D. F. Randolph: New York, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket (if issued). A scarce title. It is attributed to De Costa, but confirmation was not found. 12mo, 6 3/4" tall, 33 pages (32 paginated), gilt fore-edges, gilt titles and decorations on maroon-brown cloth. A very good minus first edition over all, clean, binding solid, but fraying started at the fore-corner tipss and top and bottom of the backstrip, and a slight bump to the fore-edge of the covers; binding solid, paper moderately yellowed.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60450
- Title
- Anonymous [attributed to De Costa [DeCosta], B. F. [Benjamin Franklin De Costa]
- Author
- Hiawatha: the story of the Iroquois Sage, in prose and verse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good minus
- Jacket Condition
- Without dust jacket (if issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Anson D. F. Randolph: New York
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Poetry, American Indian History, Mythology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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