RAMONA.
by Jackson Helen Hunt Jackson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: The Plantin Press for the Limited Editions Club , 1959. First of the edition, one of 1,500 copies only, signed by the artist. With the original letter announcing and describing the publication of the book included, and with the additional pre-announcement for the publication. Illustrated in color by Everett Gee Jackson. 8vo, in the publisher’s original woven fabric over boards, lettered in red with decorations on the spine. In the original slipcase. xiv, 428 pp. A pristine, as mint copy. FIRST EDITION WITH COLOURFUL DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT BY EVERETT JACKSON. With an introduction by J. Frank Dobie. Although at heart a romantic novel, RAMONA vividly expresses the author’s thoughts on the treatment of Native American Indians by the government. An enduring and popular work and a pearl of American history given over to literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27920
- Title
- RAMONA.
- Author
- Jackson Helen Hunt Jackson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Plantin Press for the Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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