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Short Story Classics (American) Volume One
by Patten, William (Editor)
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1905. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Type: Hardback Publisher P.F.Collier & Son, 1905. (Note: not a first. this publisher's books are always reprints of other publisher's original). Volume One. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. Edited and with Introduction and Notes by William Patten. Hardcover without jacket, as issued, in olive-green embossed cloth boards that are quite clean, with black checkered border, with gilt title panel on front still bright, same on spine with black lettering & decorations but not so bright on spine. Corners and spine ends scuffed, lower corners more so. Frontispiece and decorated Title Page partially loose from binding. Inner hinge tape-repaired. Internals are quite clean and free from any markings, lightly toned. Stories by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Fitz-James O'Brien, Edward Everet Hale, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, J. T. Trowbridge, W.H.H.Murray, Rebecca Harding Davis. 331 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". 1905, P. F. Collier & Son, New York.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027528
- Title
- Short Story Classics (American) Volume One
- Author
- Patten, William (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE WASHINGTON IRVING EDGAR ALLAN POE EDWARD HALE W.H.H.MURRAY FITZ-JA,MES O'BRIEN CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
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