SOME CHINESE GHOSTS
by HEARN, LAFCADIO
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
BOSTON, MA: ROBERTS BROTHERS. VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1887. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOKPLATE OF ESTELE DOHENY IN HALF CRIMSON MOROCCO SLIPCASE AND CHEMISE/ BAL 7916/ MERLE JOHNSON "HIGH SPOT" OF AMERICAN LIT . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL DARK ORANGE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES, TITLES AND FACIAL VIGNETTE TO THE FRONT COVER IN BLACK, OLIVE DECORATED FLORAL ENDPAPERS, AND TOP EDGE STAINED DARK ORANGE. BOOK IS LIGHTLY SOILED WITH A SMALL LIGHT STAIN AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT BOARDS FORE-EDGE CORNER, SLIGHT PERISH TO THE "GHOSTS" ON FRONT COVER, SMALL LOSS ON FRONT ENDPAPER HINGE, AND A HALF-MOON TIDE MARK TO THE BOTTOM FORE-EDGE OF THE 5 PAGES FOLLOWING THE TITLE PAGE. A VERY NICE COPY OF A FRAGILE BOOK SELDOM FOUND WITHOUT HANDLING ISSUES. .
Synopsis
"This Dover edition, first published in 2008, is an unabridged republication of the work published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, in 1906. The first edition of this book was published in 1887"--T.p. verso.
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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI014365I
- Title
- SOME CHINESE GHOSTS
- Author
- HEARN, LAFCADIO
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- ROBERTS BROTHERS
- Place of Publication
- BOSTON, MA
- Date Published
- PUB 1887
- Keywords
- BOOKPLATE OF ESTELE DOHENY IN HALF CRIMSON MOROCCO SLIPCASE AND, CHEMISE/ BAL 7916/ MERLE JOHNSON "HIGH SPOT" OF AMERICAN LIT, SHORT STORIES, ORIENTAL, GHOST STORIES, CHRISTIES' 1989, AUCTION
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JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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