WINNIE AND WALTER'S CHRISTMAS STORIES
by (Tarbox, Increase N.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
-
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:J. E. Tilton and Co., 1861. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. Boston:J. E. Tilton and Co. 1861. 1st edition. 124pp+4pp ads. Illustrated. Hardcover. Pebbled green boards with title in gilt on front cover and spine strip lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges, spine ends starting to fray and edge points worn to boards. Gilt is dulled. Internally, end pages lightly age toned and the 1st free end-page has been removed. Rear end-pages have previous owners names written in ink on last free end-page and pencil on inside rear board. Otherwise, an occasional spot of foxing or smudges scattered throughout. Frontispiece still has its tissue guard. The binding is tight with hinges intact.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26605
- Title
- WINNIE AND WALTER'S CHRISTMAS STORIES
- Author
- (Tarbox, Increase N.)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston:J. E. Tilton and Co.
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- JUVENILE; CHRISTMAS STORIES; INCREASE N. TARBOX
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Parnassus Book Service
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About Parnassus Book Service
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- Soiled
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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