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Purple and Fine Women: 1903 First Edition
by Saltus, Edgar
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Ainslee Publishing Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. [1], 255 pages. Period binding. Lavender cloth covered boards with purple leather spine and joints. Title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Intricate colored patterned end sheets. Leather is rubbed on the extremities. Originally issued with cream wraps this binding does not include the original covers. Dated June 1903 on the verso of the title page.
First Edition BAL 17162.
First Edition BAL 17162.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19326
- Title
- Purple and Fine Women
- Author
- Saltus, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Ainslee Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Title Page
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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