Impounded Waters: A Novel of John McDonogh
by Laird, Marion Murdoch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Published by the author, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good Minus. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. SCARCE. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gitlt title to front board. Minor fading to edges and bumping to spine ends and corners. Author's inscription to front free end page reads: " February 2nd 1956. Drink deeply of 'Impounded Waters' and forget the present. Marion Murdoch Laird." Slight yellowing to edges of end pages. Else is clean and bright. Blue dust jacket with blue title to front panel and white title to spine panel. Wear to dust jacket includes chipping and creasing to edges and general rubbing. Dust jacket is now in protective plastic sleeve. 114 pages. MD/032015.
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- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28095
- Title
- Impounded Waters: A Novel of John McDonogh
- Author
- Laird, Marion Murdoch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Published by the author
- Date Published
- 1951
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About the Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop
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Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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