THE CABIN BOOK. Or, National Characteristics.
by SEALSFIELD,, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CHELTENHAM, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London, Ingram, Cooke, & Co. 1852.. 296+[4]pp. 8vo. Original blind-stamped cloth with gilt decoration on backstrip. Frontis., title vignette and 6 plates. Cloth worn at extremites and a few marks on upper board. Some scattered foxing, mainly to early leaves. A very good copy.. First edition in English (First illustrated edition), translated from the German by Sarah Powell. Set in Texas at the time of the Texas Revolution.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grant's Bookshop (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107495
- Title
- THE CABIN BOOK. Or, National Characteristics.
- Author
- SEALSFIELD,, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Ingram, Cooke, & Co. 1852.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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