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For Love of Mary Ellen
by Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good++/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York/London: Harper & Brothers, 1912. Book. Illus. by Rose Cecil O'Neill, Illustrator. Very Good++. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York/London: Harper & Brothers, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good++/No Dust jacket. Rose Cecil O'Neill, Illustrator. First Edition, with MCMXII (1912) on title page and "Published September, 1912" on copyright page. Lovely copy of this book illustrated with drawings by Rose Cecil O'Neill. Olive-tan cloth boards with tiniest bit of surface wear to spine corners (no fraying), unfaded, with clean pages and edges. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard, 3 additional black and white plates, decorated pages. Neatly penned inscription on front free endpaper with tasteful privately printed bookplate of Agnes Remington on front fixed endpaper..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020238
- Title
- For Love of Mary Ellen
- Author
- Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt
- Illustrator
- Rose Cecil O'Neill, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S FICTION, DECORATED BINDING, ROSE CECIL O'NEILL, ELEANOR HOYT BRAINERD DATB
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's; Decorated American Trade Bindings;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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