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Dissertations By Mr. Dooley
by [Dunne, Finley Peter]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906. Here are 38 columns of the Irish bartender's opinions and observations.This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition [stated "Published October, 1906"]. Green cloth binding with decorative stamping of Irish shamrocks; titling in gilt on the spine and front cover, which also features thre gilt owld. Clean text; 313 pages. Very bright and clear. Light rubbing to the margins. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006049
- Title
- Dissertations By Mr. Dooley
- Author
- [Dunne, Finley Peter]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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