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Memories of a Hundred Years (Volumes I and II complete)
by Hale, Edward Everett
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1902. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Beautiful two-volume set, decorated American trade bindings. Very clean gray cloth boards with red,black and gold decoration and lettering on cover and spines. Smattering of faint brown speckles to spine of Volume I. Tiny closed tear(1/16") to upper spine edge of Volume II. Bindings are tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Gilt top page edges. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Edward Everett Hale in Vol. I with clean printed tissue guard; Preface by the author; 318 pages. Pages are clean and bright in both volumes, with black and white illustrations throughout. Volume II has a frontispiece drawing - a portrait of Hale by Alfred Houghton Clark, with clean printed tissue guard, additional illustrations. 320 pages with index. Life as it was in the 19th century in Boston and environs..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31895
- Title
- Memories of a Hundred Years (Volumes I and II complete)
- Author
- Hale, Edward Everett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, EDWARD EVERETT HALE, 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FIRST EDITION, DECORATED TRADE BINDING, DATB
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Decorated American Trade Binding;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Stanley, New York
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