Selected Writings of William Dean Howells The Rise of Silas Lapham A Modern Instance A Boy's Town My Mark Twain
by Howells, William Dean (edited, with an Introduction By Henry Steele Commager)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Wilson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1950. Bottom corner tips (1/4") chipped from about the first 75pp., some pencil check marks on later pages on lightly browned margins, call numbers on small label on spine with clear tape over label, markered out bar code on rear cover with clear tape over code, library name stamp on bottom page edges, on ffep and on contents page, remnants of date due slip on one of rear smudged endpages. Dark green cloth with white lettering on spine. 946 pages.. Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Virtuous Volumes et al.
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- 009766
- Title
- Selected Writings of William Dean Howells The Rise of Silas Lapham A Modern Instance A Boy's Town My Mark Twain
- Author
- Howells, William Dean (edited, with an Introduction By Henry Steele Commager)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Howells, William Dean Commager, Henry Steele Writings The Rise of Silas Lapham A Modern Instance A Boy\'s Town My Mark Twain
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