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Uncle Bob and Aunt Becky's Strange Adventures at the World's Great Exposition: Trip from Skowhegan through Many Cities to the Goal of Their Ambition, the Marvelous Event of the Century
by Williams, Herschel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Laird & Lee. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial blue cloth binding rubbed at extremities & slightly cocked; backstrip lightly sunned; boards smudged; binding cracked at one point in textblock; leaf edges & eps foxed, else a solid, clean volume. No dj. ; Many good b&w ils.; "Rural characters true to life." ; 8vo; 358 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44996
- Title
- Uncle Bob and Aunt Becky's Strange Adventures at the World's Great Exposition: Trip from Skowhegan through Many Cities to the Goal of Their Ambition, the Marvelous Event of the Century
- Author
- Williams, Herschel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Laird & Lee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Early 20th Century American Fiction, Vintage American Novels, World's Fair Novels
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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