The Building of the Ship
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Brown cloth, beveled boards, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Boards slightly soiled; Very Good
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About This Item
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1870. First separate edition, reprinted from "The Seaside and the Fireside". Illustrated by R.S. Gifford and W.J. Hennessy. 79 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Brown cloth, beveled boards, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Boards slightly soiled; Very Good. First separate edition, reprinted from "The Seaside and the Fireside". Illustrated by R.S. Gifford and W.J. Hennessy. 79 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. BAL 12511
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- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 218093
- Title
- The Building of the Ship
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated by R.S. Gifford and W.J. Hennessy. 79 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Brown cloth, beveled boards, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Boards slightly soiled; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First separate edition, reprinted from "The Seaside and the Fire
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood, & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- American | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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