WASHINGTON SQUARE; THE PENSION BEAUREPAS; A BUNDLE OF LETTERS.
by James, Henry
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- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket Issued
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About This Item
London.: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1881. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The first of the three tales contained in this volume is reprinted from the ''Cornhill Magazine''. The second is transferred from the ''Atlantic Monthly''. The last originally appeared in the Parisian. So First Thus But First in Book form. This copy specially bound for the New Zealand General Library (Now Parliament). Half brown leather, 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine and armorial device of the library to the front board set in gilt. Board edges are heavily rubbed. Library book plate to front marbled paste down, over stamped canceled. Front hinge is cracked and very shaky. Silk marker. Contents are clean and bright, save for some light foxing to prelims. Some minor offsetting. Card holder to rear pastedown. 401pp.
Synopsis
With a new afterword by Michael CunninghamWhat Catherine Sloper lacks in brains and beauty, she makes up for by being "very good." The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win her hand-even if it means pretending that he loves the homely ingenue, and cares nothing for her opulent wealth.
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- Bookseller
- The Secret Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016867
- Title
- WASHINGTON SQUARE; THE PENSION BEAUREPAS; A BUNDLE OF LETTERS.
- Author
- James, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- his
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