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Knitting-Work: A Web of Many Textures Wrought by Ruth Partington (B. P. Shillaber.)
by Shillaber, B[enjamin]. P[enhallow]. ; Partington, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, boards worn, corners rounded, spine cocked.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase. Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, boards worn, . corners rounded, spine cocked.. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown blindstamped cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Frontispiece engraving and seven other engraved plates. Shillaber was an editor and humorist who used the pseudonym of his elderly woman character, Ruth Partington, in this collection of humorous pieces about patent medicines, taking the waters at Saratoga, organ grinders, pets, and other topics. Sabin 80475, Wright II, 2207, BAL 17556. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 408 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37692
- Title
- Knitting-Work: A Web of Many Textures Wrought by Ruth Partington (B. P. Shillaber.)
- Author
- Shillaber, B[enjamin]. P[enhallow]. ; Partington, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, boards worn, corners rounded, spine cocked.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brown, Taggard & Chase
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- 19th Century Humor, BAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Cocked
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