The Fairest of the Fair
by HAWTHORNE, Hildegarde
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1894. Bound in rust-colored cloth, stamped in silver and gold with a beautiful gold medallion of Columbus on the front panel. TEG. An incredible "as new" copy of this book on the Chicago World's Fair of 1894 with drawings by the author (who was the granddaughter of Nathaniel). This was her first book. 293 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011925
- Title
- The Fairest of the Fair
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Hildegarde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- World's Fair; Travel
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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Springtown, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...