The Sparrowgrass Papers: Or, Living in the Country
by Cozzens, Frederic S. [Richard Haywarde, 1818-1869]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Half-leather over marbled boards, 2 red leather spine lables Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with portait frontis, engraved title and one full page plate (extra plate, not in BAL]. Bound without ads. Extemities of leather rubbed, as is spine and labels, though title and author not affected. A tight, clean copy with no foxing, etc. Wright II 652; BAL 3998; Fullerton p.71. Very good. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000574
- Title
- The Sparrowgrass Papers: Or, Living in the Country
- Author
- Cozzens, Frederic S. [Richard Haywarde, 1818-1869]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Derby & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature;
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- BAL
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- Spine
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