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The Story of a Mine
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James B. Osgood. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's brick cloth. Inscribed by Harte to American author Noah Brooks in the year of publication; with Brooks' bookplate. Brooks donated his library to the Town of Castine, and this copy has the bookplate of the Town Library and a few of its small ink stamps. The pocket and spine label have been removed. Scattered foxing. Sound hinges/binding. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 172 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40022
- Title
- The Story of a Mine
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James B. Osgood
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1878
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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