Recollections of Auton House: A Book for Children
by Auton, C. ; [Augustus Hoppin]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cracked, owner signature (Louis D. Millett, 1881) on front free endpaper, pages li
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cracked, owner signature . (Louis D. Millett, 1881) on front free endpaper, pages lightly toned, some . finger soiling.. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed, color illustrated paper boards. Many engravings. A lively memoir of the author's New England childhood, growing up as one of eleven children. Hoppin was an illustrator and cartoonist who wrote this book using his C. Auton pseudonym. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 99 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39380
- Title
- Recollections of Auton House: A Book for Children
- Author
- Auton, C. ; [Augustus Hoppin]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cracked, owner signature (Louis D. Millett, 1881) on front free endpaper, pages li
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1881
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1880s Children's Books, Antiquarian Children's Books, PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, 19th Century Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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