Dred : a tale of the Great Dismal Swamp / Harriet Beecher Stowe
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original quarter leather over buckram boards with a gilt blocked leather label to the spine; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 524 pages. Subjects; Slave insurrections ; Fiction. Fugitive slaves ; Fiction. African Americans. Fugitive slaves. Slave insurrections. Slave insurrections ; Fiction. Fugitive slaves ; Fiction. African Americans ; Fiction. Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) ; Fiction. United States Dismal Swamp. Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) ; Fiction.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 299664
- Title
- Dred : a tale of the Great Dismal Swamp / Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.
- Date Published
- 1856
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
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- Poor
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- Fine
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