Sprigs of Acacia
by Samuel Adams Wiggin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1st edition; inscribed by author. Good HC, no DJ. Brown cloth over boards; covers with blind stamped frames around inner floral motif surrounds; central gilt design and letters on front cover; gilt letters and borders on spine; pale green end papers. Lightly scuffed covers; cover wear probably from silverfish grazing; pale spots on back cover; rubbing with light fraying at spine ends; tightly bound; partial split at front end papers hinge; Pencil inscription on front free endpaper: 'Miss Artemisia D. Scott. | With the fraternal regards | of the Author. | The Spruces, Va. (? | July 4 1889'; clean interior. Small 8vo, 292 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M00053
- Title
- Sprigs of Acacia
- Author
- Samuel Adams Wiggin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Elkton, MD: Self-Published/ Printed by Wm. K, Wright
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- NEW HAMPSHIRE, JOHNSON, PRESIDENT, PRESIDENCY, GOD, RELIGION
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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