Ballads for Little Folk
by Cary, Alice and Phoebe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£80.93£64.74
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About This Item
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1874. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edited by Mary Clemmer Ames. Green cloth with gilted decorations, rules, and tiles along with black embossing and rules. No other copies found on Abe or Biblio as of July 2020. This copy is VG+. Exterior has modest signs of edgewear, tips, and top/bottom of spine. Interior is unmarked, clear, crisp, and firmly bound. Minimal foxing and minimal, even toning throughout. SCARCE. 189 pages with illustrations. Published shortly after both sisters died in 1871. The sisters wrote much of their poetry together . This is one of their most notable works..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000862
- Title
- Ballads for Little Folk
- Author
- Cary, Alice and Phoebe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1874
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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