BACKGROUNDS OF LITERATURE
by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. 2nd printing. hardcover. near fine. Large octavo, maroon cloth covers with elaborate gilt titles and design on top cover and spine. Second printing (one month after first printing). xi [1] 302 pages. Liberally illustrated in black and white halftone. Former owner inscription on front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Sections include: The Lake Country and Wordsworth; Emerson and Concord; The Washington Irving Country; Weimar and Goethe; The Land of Lorna Doone; America in Whitman's Poetry; The Land of Scott. Studio
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020539
- Title
- BACKGROUNDS OF LITERATURE
- Author
- Mabie, Hamilton Wright
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd printing
- Publisher
- The Outlook Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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