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The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems
by Drummond, William Henry; Frechette, Louis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1905. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x0. Coburn, Frederick Simpson. Reprint ('ninth thousand'). U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Front board lightly foxed, endpapers foxed. 1905 Hard Cover. 137 pp. Frontispiece and illustrations by Frederick Simpson Coburn, introduction by Louis Frechette. About the author: William Henry Drummond (April 13, 1854 – April 6, 1907) was an Irish-born Canadian poet. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom in 1898 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1899.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2335339
- Title
- The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems
- Author
- Drummond, William Henry; Frechette, Louis
- Illustrator
- Coburn, Frederick Simpson
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 7x5x0
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY POEMS VERSE FRENCH-CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS WORLD LITERATURE
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
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Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bookplate
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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