Vagrom Verse
by Charles Henry Webb (John Paul) [signed]
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Ticknor and Company; Boston, 1889. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author with a six-line light verse, "Chas. Henry Webb, Nantucket, Feb. 1st, 1897." 16mo, 6 1/2" tall, 132 pages, binding sewn, red cover titles, paper vellum over stiff wraps. A very good, clean, soft cover original of this scarce title, likely unread (signatures uncut) but cover loosened from internal binding, some foxing to the endpapers, internal binding tight, paper light to moderately yellowed. Webb (1834 - 1905) went to sea for three years as a young man, was largely responsible for getting Mark Twain's first story published, and was a lifelong friend. As a journalist, he covered the Civil War, wrote for The New York Times and San Francisco Bulletin, and also edited the Californian. His verse was regularly published in Harper's Monthly.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21647
- Title
- Vagrom Verse
- Author
- Charles Henry Webb (John Paul) [signed]
- Format/Binding
- Original Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Company; Boston
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Signed by the author; Literature; Poetry; Verse; Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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