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The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green; With Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller
by Green, Anna Katharine
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1906. Hardcover. Good. [8], 371, [1] p., frontispiece and 4 leaves of illustrations: full-page plan of house; 19 cm. Light yellow cloth with green spine title and gilt cover title; red and green cover illustration. First Edition. "April" on title page verso. The second of three mysteries by Anna Katharine Green featuring detective Caleb Sweetwater. In Good Condition: cover is soiled; upper corners of spine rubbed; soiling in a few margins; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007932
- Title
- The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green; With Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller
- Author
- Green, Anna Katharine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Mysteries; Women Writers;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Gilt
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