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The Hoosier School-Master. A Novel
by Eggleston, Edward
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Orange Judd and Company, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 226 pages, [2] pages advertisements, [1]. Green pebble cloth hardcover ruled in blind on the covers. Gilt title and decorations on the spine. Illustrated with frontispiece and illustrations in text. The cloth covers have faded spots and light rubs. The interior contents are in very good condition. Not first state - "is out" located line 3 page 71. Gift inscription written on the front blank end sheet - "Presented to Elijah A. Brown, by his father on the 30th June 1873. Price $1.25." Elijah Alexander Brown's father was Joseph Emerson Brown, Civil War Governor of Georgia.
BAL 5096.
BAL 5096.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18706
- Title
- The Hoosier School-Master. A Novel
- Author
- Eggleston, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Orange Judd and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Indiana author
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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