Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Cloth over boards has embossed design on front in bright gilt, lettering on spine in gilt that is just a bit darkened. Very light shelfwear to cloth. ; Collection of short stories delving into the moral and social questions facing a small New England town. 7.25" tall; 309 pages.

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Bookseller: Cat's Cradle Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4330055
Title: A Native of Winby and Other Tales
Author: Jewett, Sarah Orne
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1893
Keywords: AMERICA, UNITED STATES, FICTION, SHORT STORIES, LITERATURE, SARAH ORNE JEWETT
Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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