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BONNY LESLEY OF THE BORDER (The Pioneer Series)
by BLANCHARD, Amy E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's original light brown cloth with covered wagon illustration surrounded by green, black, and blue decoration and border, octavo, pp. 331 plus pp. [4] ads. Spine lettering gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and four other full-page William Stecher illustrations, as called for. Note that Table of Contents lists the Frontis as appearing on page 9, but it appears opposite the Title Page. March 17, 1905, Happy Birthday inscription from one friend or relative to another on the free front endpaper. "O'Brien Purchase" is rubber stamped on front pastedown. Light shelf wear at spine ends and board tips. Front hinge beginning to show signs of tenderness.
Upper board fore-edge protrudes beyond the lower board fore-edge very slightly, as in an overbite. Some foxing. About GOOD condition withal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3704
- Title
- BONNY LESLEY OF THE BORDER (The Pioneer Series)
- Author
- BLANCHARD, Amy E
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston and Chicago: W. A. Wilde and Company, [1904]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
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