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"PEPACTON: A SUMMER VOYAGE" by John Burroughs and "EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON. A TALE" by Mark Twain in The Atlantic Monthly, August 1880. (Volume XLVI - Number 274).
by Burroughs, John; Wallace, Susan E.; Holmes, Oliver Wendell; Twain, Mark
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1880., 1880.. Very good. - Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in original printed salmon-color wrappers titled in black on the spine. The edges of the covers are slightly chipped with a couple of horizontal tears to the spine and chipping to the head and tail of the spine. The covers are lightly creased.Pages 1-8 consisting of ads printed on green stock, deckle-edged pages [145] - 288, and ad pages 9-16. There is foxing to the overlapping edges of a few leaves. Very good.
The contents of this issue include "Pepacton: A Summer Voyage" by John Burroughs, "Edward Mills and George Benton. A Tale" by Mark Twain, "Among the Pueblos" by Susan E. Wallace, and a poem, "The Archbishop and Gil Blas" by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97772
- Title
- "PEPACTON: A SUMMER VOYAGE" by John Burroughs and "EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON. A TALE" by Mark Twain in The Atlantic Monthly, August 1880. (Volume XLVI - Number 274).
- Author
- Burroughs, John; Wallace, Susan E.; Holmes, Oliver Wendell; Twain, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1880.
- Date Published
- 1880.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; JOHN BURROUGHS; PEPACTON: A SUMMER VOYAGE; MARK TWAIN; EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON; SAMUEL CLEMENS; FIRST APPEARANCE; SUSAN E. WALLACE; AMONG THE PUEBLOS; OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES; THE ARCHBISHOP AND GIL BLAS; DELAWARE RIVER; CATSK
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Octavo
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- Leaves
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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