Chita: A Memory of Last Island
by Lafcadio Hearn
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Good HC, no DJ. Red, rib-grain cloth over boards; starfish & vine pattern in brown, black & gilt; laid paper. Lightly scuffed covers & spine; somewhat sunned on spine and adjacent cover areas; rubbed at spine ends, light fraying; tightly bound; owner bookplate on front pastedown for "William C. Bullitt" - Bullitt was 1st US ambassador to USSR, but this may be William C. Bullitt, Sr, the ambassador's father; owner name and date on front free end paper (Pablo Muñoz/ 1906); clean interior. 12mo, 204 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13990
- Title
- Chita: A Memory of Last Island
- Author
- Lafcadio Hearn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- LOUISIANA, BAYOUS, MARSHES, TRAIN, TRAVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature, Travel;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...