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"Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana. "A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea." 1840 1st Edition, 2nd Issue (the letter "i" in the word "in" within the top line on the copyright page is lacking the dot, and with broken letter "i" within the running title at the top of page 9); Harper & Brothers ("Harpers' Family Library, No. CVI); New York.Condition:Light soiling and foxing to covers and spine; nearly the entire length of the left edge of the spine is separated from the back cover; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. Overall the pages are in very good condition - mostly clean and white with occasional light foxing to some random pages; heavier foxing to the front and rear end papers. The front end papers have some pencil writing and a previous owner's bookplate. Overall a nice copy - would be very good if not for the tear along the left edge of the spine.
Autograph Leaves Of Our Country's Authors - : Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln Hand-written Copy
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Autograph Leaves of Our Country's Authors: Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln Hand-written Copy
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Scarce copy of "Autograph Leaves of Our Country's Authors." 1864; Cushings & Bailey; Baltimore. The book includes hand-written contributions from famous authors/figures of the day. The book was produced with the purpose of raising funds to support the Civil War effort. Most notable is the contribution of Abraham Lincoln, who provided a hand-written copy of his GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, stating "Herewith is the copy of the manuscript which you did me the honor to request." This hand-written version appears on the Lincoln Memorial.
Other notable contributors include:
* Henry David Thoreau - Life
* Edgar Allan Poe - Rupert and Madelon
* Francis Scott Key - The Star Spangled Banner
* Herman Melville - Inscription to the Dead at Fredericksburg
* Washington Irving - From "Bracebridge Hall" / From "The Life of Washington"
* Oliver Wendell Holmes - Army Hymn / The Flower of Liberty
* John Greenleaf Whittier - Thy Will be Done
* Harriet Beecher Stowe - Only a Year
* Nathaniel Hawthorne - From "Earth's Holocaust"
* William Cullen Bryant - The Snow Shower
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Excelsior
* James Russell Lowell - The Courtin'
* Ralph Waldo Emerson - Worship
* John J. Audubon - Letter to Thomas Sully
* John Quincy Adams - The Wants of Man
* Daniel Webster - Notes for a Speech at a Dinner to Kossuth
* James Fenimore Cooper - From "The Water Witch"
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Clean front cover; there are a few small, light stain spots at the top edge of the back cover; bright gilt lettering and decorations on the front cover and spine; worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); worn top/bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are mostly clean with only occasional foxing. Slips of paper were left between pages xii and 1 (The Star Spangled Banner) and pages 2 and 3 (The Gettysburg Address), resulting in tanning. Ex-library book with a code written on the spine, front pastedown, and at the gutter of the Preface page; school ink stamps on 2 front end papers; the front and rear end papers and pastedowns each have a remnant or two of paper (likely from a library label) still adhered. The front end paper has 3 signatures in pen (one is dated 1884).
Other notable contributors include:
* Henry David Thoreau - Life
* Edgar Allan Poe - Rupert and Madelon
* Francis Scott Key - The Star Spangled Banner
* Herman Melville - Inscription to the Dead at Fredericksburg
* Washington Irving - From "Bracebridge Hall" / From "The Life of Washington"
* Oliver Wendell Holmes - Army Hymn / The Flower of Liberty
* John Greenleaf Whittier - Thy Will be Done
* Harriet Beecher Stowe - Only a Year
* Nathaniel Hawthorne - From "Earth's Holocaust"
* William Cullen Bryant - The Snow Shower
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Excelsior
* James Russell Lowell - The Courtin'
* Ralph Waldo Emerson - Worship
* John J. Audubon - Letter to Thomas Sully
* John Quincy Adams - The Wants of Man
* Daniel Webster - Notes for a Speech at a Dinner to Kossuth
* James Fenimore Cooper - From "The Water Witch"
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Clean front cover; there are a few small, light stain spots at the top edge of the back cover; bright gilt lettering and decorations on the front cover and spine; worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); worn top/bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are mostly clean with only occasional foxing. Slips of paper were left between pages xii and 1 (The Star Spangled Banner) and pages 2 and 3 (The Gettysburg Address), resulting in tanning. Ex-library book with a code written on the spine, front pastedown, and at the gutter of the Preface page; school ink stamps on 2 front end papers; the front and rear end papers and pastedowns each have a remnant or two of paper (likely from a library label) still adhered. The front end paper has 3 signatures in pen (one is dated 1884).
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
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"The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 1858 1st Edition, 1st Printing; Phillips, Sampson and Company. Full-page illustrated plates. There are pages of advertisements at both the front and back of the book. The essays are set in the dining room of a boarding house and feature one-sided humorous perorations by the otherwise unnamed "Autocrat" on a number of subjects from old age to conversation.Condition:Clean back cover, a few small light stain spots on front cover, cloth tears at left edge and top of spine, wear to top and bottom edges of spine; worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed). Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. The text pages are in overall very good condition with only a few pages that have small stain or foxing spots. Previous owner's ink stamp at top edge of front end paper. No writing or tears found.
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Geer's Hartford Directory: MARK TWAIN and SAMUEL CLEMENS Listings
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This is an antique directory for the city of Hartford, CT - "Geer's Hartford Directory" for July 1883 to July 1884. This edition contains listings for "Samuel Clemens" as well as his pen name, "Mark Twain"; he is listed as "author" with his address. A unique item for the Twain collector!The directory contains beautifully illustrated ads (printed on a variety of colored paper) with an Index, an Index to Illustrations, a Calendar, a Guide to Location and Numbers of Streets and Avenues, a fold-out Map of Connecticut, Abbreviations and Explanations, Geer's Hartford City Directory (containing the listings for both "Samuel Clemens" and "Mark Twain"), a "List of Persons who have Removed," Necrology of Hartford, Geer's Comprehensive Business Directory, Geer's History of Hartford...and much, much more.Condition:Pea-sized stain spot on the front cover; a few tiny white stain spots on the back cover; bright gilt lettering on the spine; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. The interior of the…
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The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home
by Charles Dickens
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Early, softcover copy of "THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH" - A Fairy Tale of Home by Charles Dickens. Though there is no date of publication stated, this copy was likely printed in 1846, the same year as the publication of the 1st American edition. Published by Jordan and Wiley in Boston. "The Cricket on the Hearth" is the third of Dickens's five Christmas books; its chapters are referred to as "chirps."THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTHJohn Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.Condition:Note - this copy is incomplete...the back cover and a few pages at the end are not present (the last page ends with page number 36 [of 42]). Light soiling to the front cover; creases at the outer corners; there are 2 names written in pen at the upper-right corner; tear at the base of…
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The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
by Lewis Carroll
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This is a handsome, fine binding vintage copy of "The Complete Works of LEWIS CARROLL" with original illustrations by John Tenniel. Circa 1930's (there is no date of publication stated); Random House; New York. The book has been custom three-quarter leather bound with a decorative gilt spine with raised bands. With an Introduction by Alexander Woollcott and an Index of First Lines of Verse. Gilt top edge.The following works are included (please see the photos for the complete list of contents):* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* Through the Looking-Glass* Sylvie and Bruno* Sylvia and Bruno Concluded* The Hunting of the Snark* Early Verse* Puzzles from Wonderland* Prologues to Plays* Phantasmagoria* College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel* Acrostics, Inscriptions, and Other Verse* Three Sunsets and Other Poems* Stories* MiscellanyCondition:Clean covers with no stains; some wear to the leather at the center of the left edge of the front cover, at the top and bottom edges of the spine, and at the…
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Bleak House
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This is a complete 2-volume 1st U.S. Edition set of "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens. 1853 1st U.S. Edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. Both volumes feature full-page facing illustrations by H.K. Browne. Condition:Light soiling to covers; worn corners. Both volumes are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. VOL I: a section at the top edge of the spine has chipped off; tiny tear at bottom-center of spine; tear at center of hinge between left edge of spine and back cover. Heavy foxing to the end papers leading up to the opposite side of the frontispiece (but not on the frontispiece); lighter, consistent foxing throughout the book. Name written in pen at top edge of title page; otherwise good condition pages with no writing, stains or tears found. VOL II - similar page condition to Vol I.
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments: Complete in 3-Volumes
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"Speeches and Forensic Arguments" by DANIEL WEBSTER, complete in 3 volumes. 1846; Charles Tappan, Publisher; Boston. Affixed to the frontispiece portrait of Webster in Volume I is the stem of a flower taken from Webster's grave in 1891. Additionally, a remark has been made in pencil below his portrait stating that "The above picture does not bear the slightest resemblance to Mr. Webster - it is a libel." Volume I contains 26 speeches; Volume II contains 22 speeches; Volume III contains 39 speeches.From the Preface:"...several of the speeches and addresses contained in this volume, possessing a character of more permanent and general interest, have been translated and published in most of the languages of Europe. And we are not without authority for saying, that they have been regarded, by men of elightened judgments and cultivated taste, as fine examples of forensic and popular eloquence. In the language of one of the most eminent statesmen of England, some of these speeches have been read in that…
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State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States: From the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency, Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations since that Time; Including Confidential Documents
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This is a historically significant lot of 11 volumes (of 12) from the 1819 3rd edition of "STATE PAPERS AND PUBLICK DOCUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES" - From the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency, Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations since that Time"; "Including Confidential Documents." Published in 1819 by Thomas B. Wait in Boston. Some of the volumes feature a presidential frontispiece portrait. Volume IX contains an Index of contents for volumes I-IX; Volume XII contains an Index of contents for volumes XI and XII. The collection contains important and interesting papers and letters from the first few decades of the early United States government from George Washington's administration up to the administration of James Monroe (to the year 1818), including the inaugural addresses of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison, George Washington's letter to Congress regarding the death of Benjamin Franklin, the "Louisiana Acquisition" (Louisiana Purchase),…
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The History of the Puritans in England and The Pilgrim Fathers
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"The History of the Puritans in England" (by W.H. Stowell) and "The Pilgrim Fathers" (by D. Wilson) - complete in one volume. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and marbled end papers; gilt top edge. The red ribbon page marker is present (but detached). With 2 frontispiece illustrations. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.From the Preface:"This volume is intended to compress, within narrow limits, the story of the English Puritans, by weaving into the tissue of the general narrative some biographical details respecting the men who bore that name. The writer has spared no pains in consulting the best authorities on both sides of the great controversy of which Puritanism was the result. He can conscientiously present the history to the public as authentic; and he hopes it will not be condemned by any intelligent and candid reader as wanting in fairness towards the opponents of the Puritans."Condition:Some rubbing and light scratches to the marbled boards; scuffs to…
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The Knightly Soldier: A Biography of Major Henry Ward Camp, Tenth Conn. Vols. - A Record of College, Field and Prison
by H. Clay Trumbull
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"THE KNIGHTLY SOLDIER" - A Biography of Major Henry Ward Camp; Tenth Conn. Vols. by H. Clay Trumbull. 1865 1st Edition; Nichols and Noyes; Boston. "A Record of College, Field, and Prison." The book contains a frontispiece portrait of Camp, as well as 4 illustrated plates; also included is the "Description of Plates" sheet.From the Preface:"This book is not an attempt to prove that Henry Camp was brave, accomplished, and upright in all the course of his beautiful life here, or that he was fully prepared for the future to which God so early called him. It simply shows him as he was, grouping the memorial sketches of those who knew him best in the various relations of student, soldier, and Christian; with copious extracts from his own letters, written in all the freedom of family correspondence."The chapter are as follows:I. Childhood and SchooldaysII. College LifeIII. Teacher - Law-Student - SoldierIV. Roanoke and NewberneV. Camp-Life and CampaigningVI. The First Charleston ExpeditionVII. James Island…
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Autograph leaves of our country's authors
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Autograph Leaves of Our Country's Authors.
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Autograph Leaves Of Our Country's Authors
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Autograph Leaves of Our Country's Authors
by Bliss, Alexander
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Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey. Poor with no dust jacket. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding copy. Boards are loose, and the spine is mostly gone. A number of the pages are totally loose, but they all appear to all be there (including Lincoln's Gettysburg Address). A couple of the pages are burnt from old leaves pressed between. Faint inscription on the fep is dated 1864. The first few pages are soiled at the edges, and the endpapers are tattered. Yes, it sounds pretty bad, but it is a good candidate for rebinding. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 201 pages .
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Autograph Leaves of Our Country's Authors
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Baltimore: Cushings and Bailey , 1864. Bound in one quarter red leather over decorative boards. Autograph leaves of our Country's Authors, pp. xi, 200 pages of facsimile, including the first printing of the definitive edition of the Gettysburg Address, final leaf with lithograph vignette, not called for in WorldCat collation, Alexander Bliss (1827-1896) was an assistant quartermaster in the Union Army during the Civil War (his step-father was the eminent historian George Bancroft). Bliss and John P. Kennedy wanted to raise money to benefit the Baltimore Sanitary Fair, an organization which aided wounded soldiers and their families, so they came up with the idea for this book. They solicited manuscripts from major American authors (or their heirs) and made lithographic copies which are contained in this title (ninety-two in all). Most importantly, Bliss' step-father had asked President Lincoln for a manuscript copy of the Gettysburg Address, which Lincoln wrote out and sent to him. The form…
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Autograph Leaves of our Country's Authors.
by [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM] BLISS, ALEXANDER and KENNEDY, JOHN P. (Editors).
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Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey, 1864. First Edition. First and only edition, extra-illustrated with approximately 65 inserted portraits. Full red pebbled morocco gilt dated 1882 on the spine, rebacked with the original spine laid down, the covers panelled in gilt, the spine tooled and lettered in gilt with the initials "W.H.W." at the foot. 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 21 cm); with lithographed title and approximately 65 mostly engraved or lithographed portraits inserted (three are original drawings including one of Julia Ward Howe), xi (lithographed contents), 200 pp. (lithographed fascsimiles of the handwriting of the authors). Intermittent foxing, the inserted portraits have offset to the text leaves opposite, rebacked as noted and lightly rubbed. This volume, produced at the time of the 1864 Baltimore Sanitary Fair, contains what is considered the first reproduction of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's hand. The facsimile was made from what is now known as the "Bliss Copy"…
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
by Anderson, Carilyn M. And Franklin, Harold A. And Nelson, Bonnie K. And Radford, Milene F. And Dollen
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781929117093 / 1929117094
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Magalia, California, United States
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£20.37
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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£20.41
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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£20.41