Farm Festivals
by Carleton, Will
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper, 1881. First Edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Harper, 1881. 4to., 6 7/8" x 9 1/8." Second state with plates included in the pagination. 167pp., plus 6pp. publishers ads. Gilt stamped blue cloth decorated with green designs, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Beveled edges, brown end papers. Trifle dulling of the spine lettering, small stain spot on cover. Pages clean, binding tight - a very nice copy. VG+. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 4to. Illus.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001020
- Title
- Farm Festivals
- Author
- Carleton, Will
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- CARLETON WILL FARM FESTIVALS RURAL COUNTRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions; American History & Americana;
- Size
- Small 4to
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Second State
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- First Edition
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- Beveled
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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