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The Blue Wall [...] A Story of Strangeness and Struggle
by CHILD, Richard Washburn
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1912]. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original blue cloth (a bit soiled) lettered in white; vi,[2],377,[3],[2](ads)pp.; color illustrated title page and frontispiece by E. Coles Phillips, 4 leaves of plates by Harold J. Cue. Minor shelf wear; contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, plates a bit foxed; Very Good and sound.
American diplomat Richard Washburn Child's first novel, a gothic mystery in the spirit of Wilkie Collins, dealing with themes of heredity, psychiatry, and drug abuse. SMITH C-371. HUBIN (1979) p.80.
American diplomat Richard Washburn Child's first novel, a gothic mystery in the spirit of Wilkie Collins, dealing with themes of heredity, psychiatry, and drug abuse. SMITH C-371. HUBIN (1979) p.80.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26061
- Title
- The Blue Wall [...] A Story of Strangeness and Struggle
- Author
- CHILD, Richard Washburn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- [1912]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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