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Grandfather's Chair
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calabasas, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. Boston: E.P. Peabody. New York:-Wiley & Putnam, 1841.
First edition. Sixteenmo (4 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches; 124 x 82 mm.). viii, [9] - 140.
Publishers basket-weave plum cloth, cream endpapers. Without the gilt lettered black paper label on the front cover, otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce little book. Chemised in a quarter dark green morocco slip-case.
BAL, 7590; Browne, p. 38.
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. Boston: E.P. Peabody. New York:-Wiley & Putnam, 1841.
First edition. Sixteenmo (4 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches; 124 x 82 mm.). viii, [9] - 140.
Publishers basket-weave plum cloth, cream endpapers. Without the gilt lettered black paper label on the front cover, otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce little book. Chemised in a quarter dark green morocco slip-case.
BAL, 7590; Browne, p. 38.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03108
- Title
- Grandfather's Chair
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
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Calabasas, California
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