The Arm Chair At The Inn: The Novels, Stories and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith Volume XXI
by Smith, F. Hopkinson
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Beacon Edition, 1912. First published by Scribners in 1912. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 339 pages. 5.5" x 7.75" tall. Burgundy silk cloth gilt titled on spine, gilt border around front panel, with debossed gilt square with lighthouse within on front. Very clean and unmarked; top edge gilt; fore edge and bottom edge rough cut. Sewn binding tight. Frontispiece: a full portrait of F. Hopkinson Smith, onion skin protected, from a painting by Henry R. Rittenberg, and two additional plates, one from a painting by the author and one from a drawing by A. I. Keller. Pages with large margins, very clean and completely unmarked, lightly and evenly toned. A group of the author's friends gather around a table at the Marmoset Inn (Normandy) to tell their tales. F. Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915), American author, artist and engineer (he built the foundation of the Statue of Liberty). Publisher: New York. Charles Scribners Sons, 1912.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015281
- Title
- The Arm Chair At The Inn: The Novels, Stories and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith Volume XXI
- Author
- Smith, F. Hopkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MARMOUSET; LITERATURE, AMERICAN-20TH CENTURY;
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