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The Poetical Works of John Sterling
by Sterling, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Herman Booker. Good with no dust jacket. 1842. First American Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding rubbed at extremities; spine ends & corners frayed; boards scuffed & soiled; small stain on front board; small ding-hole to rear board; number label on front paste-down; bottom corners of pages 172-174 dampstained; leaf edges, outer leaves foxed/smudged, else a tight book. No dj. ; Owner's name, Horace P. Biddle, (Ohio born, Indiana lawyer, judge, poet, musicologist, and famous hermit) in ink on title page.; 8vo; 268 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47822
- Title
- The Poetical Works of John Sterling
- Author
- Sterling, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Herman Booker
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1842
- Keywords
- 19th Century Scottish Authors, Antique Poetry Books, Signed by Judge Horace Peters Biddle
- Bookseller catalogs
- GC: Poetry;
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Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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