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MAGGIE: A GIRL ON THE STREETS
by Crane, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. First Edition, Second State. Hardcover. Octavo, [i-vi], 1-158, pages, 8 pages of advertisements. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in pale yellow buckram with red and black lettering. Boards have bumping to corners, and toning to covers and spine. Textblock has tearing to fore edge of front endpaper, slight age toning, and partial splitting to gutter of half title page. Shelved Room A. BAL 4075. 1372514. Special Collections.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1372514
- Title
- MAGGIE: A GIRL ON THE STREETS
- Author
- Crane, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second State
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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