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The Transfiguration of Miss Philura
by Kingsley, Florence Morse
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. Book. Illus. by Ethel Pennewill Brown, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Illustrated Edition.. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. First Illustrated Edition. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Ethel Pennewill Brown, Illustrator. First Ilustrated Edition (stated). Clean moss green cloth boards with darker green decoration title box and gold decoration on cover and spine. Signed binding with an "R" on each side of decoration on front board (Rome K. Richardson). Hint of very light rubbing to dark green background of title box only. Slight surface wear at spine corners. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with small previous owner's last name in corner of front free endpaper. Page decorations throughout. Color frontis illustration of woman gazing into a mirror by Ethel Pennewill Brown with clean tissue guard; three additional lovely color plates with clean printed tissue guards. 75 pp..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020542
- Title
- The Transfiguration of Miss Philura
- Author
- Kingsley, Florence Morse
- Illustrator
- Ethel Pennewill Brown, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition.
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- FICTION, SIGNED DECORATED BINDING, ETHEL PENNEWILL BROWN, ILLUSTRATED, DATB, RR, ROME K. RICHARDSON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Decorated American Trade Bindings;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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