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An Academic Courtship: Letters of Alice Freeman and George Herbert Palmer, 1886-1887
by Hazard, Caroline (Introduction)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 259 pp, indexed, bound in original red cloth. Near fine, with a small bump to the lower front board and some glue staining on the front pastedown where a bookplate was once affixed. Dust jacket is toned at the spine, else fine.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23461
- Title
- An Academic Courtship: Letters of Alice Freeman and George Herbert Palmer, 1886-1887
- Author
- Hazard, Caroline (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
All books returnable for any reason within 21 days of receipt, provided they are in the original condition. Shipping costs fully refunded if an item is misdescribed or defective. Refund of purchase price only for returns for other reasons.
About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Spine
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