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Dred; a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 8vo. Black heavily blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. vi, 329pp, (4pp ads); v, 370pp. Good plus. Head and foot of spines chipped, else tight and internally very good; ownership signature on Volume I copyright page and Volume II front pastedown. First edition, later state, with unprinted yellow endpapers. Stowe's popular second novel, though eclipsed by "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Scarce. BAL19389. SABIN 92396.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18835
- Title
- Dred; a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
- Author
- STOWE, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1856
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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