Dred; Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. Sixtieth Thousand. Hardcover. Fair. Octavos. Two volumes: Volume I: [1], vi, 7-329 pages, 6 pages advertisements, [1]. Volume II: [1], vi, 5-370 pages, [1]. Original publishers dark brown cloth with blind stamp designs on the boards. Gilt stamped titles on the spines. Printed advertisements on the front and rear yellow end sheets. Fair condition only. Cloth bindings are worn on the edges and chipped on the spines. Contents are shaken and the binding has a noticeable slant. Light to moderate toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Fair only.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26362
- Title
- Dred; Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixtieth Thousand
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Slavery
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Fair
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- Edges
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