Waiting for the Party: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924
by Thwaite, Ann
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684139898
- ISBN 13
- 9780684139890
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xii, 274 (2) pp, list of 28 unpaginated illustrations, Foreword, 10 chronological, titled chapters, Dates and Places, Bibliography, Plays, Main publiished sources, Notes, Index. Binding tight with first signature slighly offset,Pages unmarked, clean, paper well-preseved, Minor wear dj, else, 6.5" x 9.5". Black cloth with white lettering to spine. Price-Clipped Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8479
- Title
- Waiting for the Party: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924
- Author
- Thwaite, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684139898
- ISBN 13
- 9780684139890
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM 19TH-CENTURY BRITISH-AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS CHILDRENS LITERATURE HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM; BIOGRAPHY;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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