Dorothy Q Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pyle, Howard. Grey cloth over boards. Silver lettering and decorative silver on cover and spine. Top edge silver. Slight wear on edges. Clean throughout. Binding tight. P. 50 line 8: flashed. B/W illustrations. B/W frontis. Title page lettering in black and orange.
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- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021394
- Title
- Dorothy Q Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Illustrator
- Pyle, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
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- Cloth
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