MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS
by CRANE, Stephen
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About This Item
1974. CRANE, Stephen, introduction by Shirley Anne Grau. MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS. Illustrated by Sigmund Abeles. Avon, CT: The Limited Editions Club/The Cardavon Press, 1974. No. 1423 of 200 copies numbered and signed by the artist. 105 pp. + limitation page. 4to., black cloth spine and grey striped cloth boards, with gilt spine lettering. Near fine, with tiny flaw in spine cloth on front board near top joint, else fine with original glassine jacket and paper covered slipcase with spine label. Engravures from etchings by Abeles.
Synopsis
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a novella by American author Stephen Crane. It depicts a poor family in a New York neighborhood, whose parents are drunk and abusive. As the children grow up, Maggie attempts to better herself, but is defeated by her desperate surrounds and the poverty of humanity surrounding her.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79665
- Title
- MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS
- Author
- CRANE, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1974
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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