Boston and New York: Houghton Miflin Company / Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1915.. 1915.. Fair. - Octavo, dark gray cloth titled in gilt on spine & in gilt within double frame stamped in gilt on front cover. The binding is dampstained; the covers are bumped; the spine is faded with the head & tail lightly chipped & the gilt titling almost completely obliterated. [vi], 375 & [1] pp. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. There is staining to the edges of the endpapers & to the top, bottom & fore-edges & light staining to the corners of a number of pages; there is occasional staining & soiling to the text pages; there is a bookseller's stamp on the flyleaf with a crease & tear to the top edge. Fair. <p>First edition.

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 22325
Title: THE FORTUNES OF GARIN
Author: Johnston, Mary
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston and New York: Houghton Miflin Company / Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1915.
Date Published: 1915.
Keywords: MIDDLE AGES; MEDIEVAL; ROMANCE; FRENCH; GARIN; MARY JOHNSTON; KNIGHTS; CHIVALRY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Bookseller catalogs: Middle Ages;

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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