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The Queen of the Pirate Isle
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Pictorial tan & teal cloth binding rubbed at extremities; spine base slightly abraded; a bit of pale spotting to backstrip; boards lightly soiled; hinges cracked; bookplate removed from front paste-down; rear endpaper bent at top corner tip; leaf edges, outer leaves foxed, else good. No dj; book now protected in clear cover.; Many lovely color ils. by Kate Greenaway; no date, this edition circa 1900.; 8vo; 58 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35525
- Title
- The Queen of the Pirate Isle
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Illustrator
- Kate Greenaway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Francis Brett Harte, 19th Century American Fiction, 19th Century English Illustrators, Kate Greenaway, 19th Century Young Adult Fiction, Home School
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile Classics;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- Bookplate
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Leaves
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