OLD PATHS AND LEGENDS OF NEW ENGLAND: Saunterings Over Historic Roads with Glimpses of Picturesque Fields and Old Homesteads in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
by Abbott, Katharine M
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1903. 484+2 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly rubbed; corners slightly bumped. Top edge gilt. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Title
- OLD PATHS AND LEGENDS OF NEW ENGLAND: Saunterings Over Historic Roads with Glimpses of Picturesque Fields and Old Homesteads in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
- Author
- Abbott, Katharine M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- AMERICANA AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION NEW ENGLAND MASSACHUSETTS STATE HISTORY MA RHODE ISLAND RI NEW HAMPSHIRE NH NEW ENGLAND STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Paste-down
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Cloth
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- G
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- Text Block
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