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Maggie; A Girl of the Streets and Other Stories
by Crane, Stephen
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library, 1933. Modern Library Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane.. Twelvemo, 336pp, [6pp advertisements]. Publisher's green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Lean to text block, light toning to cloth at edges. In exceptionally scarce dust jacket, some loss at spine, toning to covers, advertising on verso. An interesting piece from the Modern Library Series. Stephen Crane was a prolific American writer during the late 19th century. Most notable for his works in the "realist" tradition, he was an inspiration for writers throughout the 20th century, including Ernest Hemingway. He lived a short life, dying at the age of 28 in 1900.
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
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10814
- Title
- Maggie; A Girl of the Streets and Other Stories
- Author
- Crane, Stephen
- Illustrator
- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Red Badge of Courage, George's Mother, Active Service, first edition Active Service, first edition Stephen Crane
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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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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