Cabbages and Kings (O. Henry Biographical Edition)
by Henry, O
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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DEMING, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth boards, blind embossed facsimile signature to cover. Solid binding, edges rubbed, spine sunned and faded, titling faded. Age discolored but unmarked pages. ; 6.50 X 4.25 X 0.70 inches; 257 pages .
Synopsis
They will tell you in Anchuria, that President Miraflores, of that volatile republic, died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio; that he had reached thus far in flight from the inconveniences of an imminent revolution; and that one hundred thousand dollars, government funds, which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration, was never afterward recovered.
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- Bookseller
- Readers' Cove Used Books & Gallery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12612
- Title
- Cabbages and Kings (O. Henry Biographical Edition)
- Author
- Henry, O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.
- Date Published
- 1929
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- Sunned
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