Marse Chan: A Tale of Old Virginia
by Page, Thomas Nelson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Book. Illus. by Smedley, W. T.. Very Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Early reprint. 8vo. Navy blue silk with gilt lettering on spine and a silver scroll embossed on front board with title in navy blue and decorated with green trellising, flowers and leaves, illustrated throughout, including seven plates by W. t. Smedley, 53 pp. A Civil War tale as narrated by Marse Chan's elderly black servant. Owner name and date, minor tanning on endpapers, but otherwise in fine condition. A charming story of the old South. Very good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B1197-07
- Title
- Marse Chan: A Tale of Old Virginia
- Author
- Page, Thomas Nelson
- Illustrator
- Smedley, W. T.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- OLD SOUTH POST CIVIL WAR VIRGINIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Americana;
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Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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