A Mummer's Wife.
by Moore (George)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Vizetelly, 1886. Sixth Edition. . Slate decorative cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover designed and lettered in black, publisher's monogram in black on the back cover. Gray coated end papers. Some bubbling of cloth, a bit dusty, several ownership signatures, a very good copy. This is the Sixth Edition, referred to by Gilcher (A6b) as the "Second Edition, Revised". This edition has a new preface by Moore, and the text is revised. Issued as Volume III in Vizetell's One-Volume Novels series. Two leaves of ads at the rear. The first printing appeared a year earlier from the same publisher. All the Vizetelly editions are uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57120
- Title
- A Mummer's Wife.
- Author
- Moore (George)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Vizetelly, 1886. Sixth Edition.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Litold;
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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