OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A BIOGRAPHY
by IRVING, WASHINGTON
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Durham, California, United States
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About This Item
NEW-YORK:: GEORGE P. Putnam, 155 Broadway. Fair. 1849 tp & verso. First Edition. HARDCOVER. 5x7". Fair condition....considerable foxing and smudges thruout. Solid, .. Rear endpaper has old ink drawing and partial replacement of blank endpaper.... spine ends are worn down to text block. Penciled name ep "W.R. Jones Wm K Jones Ap,1854" Title Page has 1" top of page restored. Some long ago repair to front gutter paper ..PRE CIVIL WAR ERA BOOK...; Complete Gold spine titles on blind floral embossed spine strip, with 3x4" blind embossed decoration to both covers. Original old dark green cloth has tear at back spine fold . Covers are not marked up. Price reflects provenance, condition and apparent TRUE FIRST EDITION nature of this item.. ; 382pg+36adverts pages; Has extenasive publisher's cataloge with many illustrations for those publications. This .
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- Bookseller
- Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127009
- Title
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A BIOGRAPHY
- Author
- IRVING, WASHINGTON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- GEORGE P. Putnam, 155 Broadway
- Place of Publication
- NEW-YORK:
- Date Published
- 1849 tp & verso
- Keywords
- Biography, Author Life
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