Half-Hours with Great Story Tellers : Artemus Ward, George MacDonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and others. CHICAGO & NEW YORK : 1884.
by VARIOUS: Artemus Ward, George MacDonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and others
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chicago & New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1884. Not Given . Hardcover. Near Fine. CHICAGO & NEW YORK : 1884. Hardback. Green cloth; gilt lettered spine. Black decorative spine and cover. Floral patterned end-papers. No owner name or internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. A really nice copy. NEAR FINE. 206 pages. CONTENTS: Grey dolphin by R.H. Barham -- Moses, the Sassy by A. Ward -- Mr. Columbus Coriander's gorilla -- The fate of young Chubb by M. Adeler -- Boots at the Holly-tree Inn by Charles Dickens -- The enthusiast in anatomy by J. Oxenford -- "The light princess" by G. Macdonald -- Legend of the little weaver by Samuel Lover. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.
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- Rosley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053374
- Title
- Half-Hours with Great Story Tellers : Artemus Ward, George MacDonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and others. CHICAGO & NEW YORK : 1884.
- Author
- VARIOUS: Artemus Ward, George MacDonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Given
- Publisher
- Belford, Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Fiction Short stories
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
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