A Vanished World
by Sneller, Anne Gertrude. Illustrated By Nancy B. Perkins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Syracuse, New York USA: Syracuse University Press, 1964. First edition, 1964. Eighty year old writer's first book, by a retired English teacher from upstate New York who wished to share the beauties of a quickly-vanishing past. Illustrated with line drawings. Orange cloth with black and gilt cover decoration and spine lettering, uncut edges, illustrated title spread, 365 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, looks and feels about new, with sound text block, good hinges and clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped is in similar new condition with a very lightly faded spine panel and rubbed spine panel ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015949
- Title
- A Vanished World
- Author
- Sneller, Anne Gertrude. Illustrated By Nancy B. Perkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Place of Publication
- Syracuse, New York USA
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- VANISHING SCENERY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TEACHER UPSTATE NEW YORK COMMON LIFE IN LATE AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY FARMING OCTOGENARIAN WRITERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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