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The Story of Waitstill Baxter
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Cohoes, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrator: Brett, H. M. Signed by Author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Green cloth, gilt stamped cover and spine, color frontispiece and three color illus. by H.M. Brett, 373 pages. Corners and spine ends bumped with a little wear, some soil on fore-edges from handling. A book for adults, unlike other Wiggin's books. It is also interesting to this reader that Wiggin introduces serious social issues through the vehicle of a novel. "This story touches on the status of women, poverty, the dark side of patriarchy, suicide, adultery, serial marriages, illegitimate birth, child abuse, domestic violence, and mental illness." Illustrator: Brett, H. M.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 4 oz. Category: Fiction; Books; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001239. .
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- Bookseller
- Dennis Holzman Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001239
- Title
- The Story of Waitstill Baxter
- Author
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Illustrator
- Brett, H. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- BZDB7 NOISBN Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Story of Waitstill Baxter, H. M. Brett Fiction; Books; The Story of Waitstill Baxter Wiggin Kate Douglas
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Dennis Holzman Antiques
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About the Seller
Dennis Holzman Antiques
Biblio member since 2003
Cohoes, New York
About Dennis Holzman Antiques
Dennis Holzman Antiques, est. 1975, sells select antiques, hard-to-find & antiquarian books, manuscripts, and autographs both on-line and our Cohoes, N.Y. shop. We take pride in our accurate & complete book descriptions, our fast shipping, and our attention to customer service. All of our on-line books are in stock and ready to ship within 48 hours of receiving your order/payment. We answer all inquiries and welcome your questions. Visit our website: www.holzmanantiques.com
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
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