The Transfiguration of Miss Philura
by Florence Morse Kingsley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1911. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine. Ethel Pennewill Brown. About fine first illustrated edition. Green cloth boards with decorative gilt stamping. Soft fold to head and tail of spine. Light scratch to cover. Small brown spot at front joint. Deckle fore edge. Frontispiece tissue intact. Each page is decorated with inset text. Binding is sound and square. No tears, markings. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrated, 76 pp. Large duodecimo, 5 1/2 x 8 inches tall. Miss Philura's adventures: psychic, paranormal, and spiritual.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351
- Title
- The Transfiguration of Miss Philura
- Author
- Florence Morse Kingsley
- Illustrator
- Ethel Pennewill Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- paranormal, Victorian, morality tale, revelation, epiphany
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Fore Edge
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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