RAMONA: A Story
by Jackson, Helen
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. Cloth. Good. Roberts Brothers, 1892. A Good copy. 8vo., 490 pp., with 7 pp. of Ramona's Home. Bound in red cloth with floral decor on front cover and titles on spine in gilt. Cloth is worn and spotted. Tips, edges and spine are rubbed. Spine is sunned. Front hinge starting with webbing exposed. With previous owners signature inside front cover.
Synopsis
Ramona, a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson, is the story of a part-Scottish and part-Native American orphan girl growing up and getting married in Southern California, suffering racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis, the novel became immensely popular. Overall, it has had more than 300 printings, been made into four film versions, and has been performed as an outdoor play annually since 1923.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30826
- Title
- RAMONA: A Story
- Author
- Jackson, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1892
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...