The St. Lawrence.
by Beston, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.. Twentieth volume in the Rivers of America series. Hardcover. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering and cover stamped in blind. In pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches. 274 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated by A.Y. Jackson. Fourth printing. Inscribed by author on halftitle page. Beston is the well-known author of The Outermost House, about a winter spent alone in a small house on Cape Cod. Series edited by poet and short story writer Stephen Vincent Benét and folklorist Carl Carmer. Dust jacket is chipped at top of spine. Otherwise Near Fine in Very Good plus dj. Protected by mylar sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59-3859
- Title
- The St. Lawrence.
- Author
- Beston, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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