Laporte, IN: Millikan & Holmes, 1856. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good- in original embossed cloth. "Mrs. Farmer's Poems" in gilt on spine, and embossed on the front and rear boards. Light brown cloth has a split at the outside rear gutter from the bottom to just past the middle of the spine. Minor dampstain at lower hinge; fairly minor foxing throughout book. Marbled endpapers with a presentation bookplate dated July 4th, 1876 on the front pastedown. 236 pages with an errata slip tipped in after the last page of text.

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Bookseller: Tulsa Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020160
Title: The Captives and Other Poems
Author: Farmer, P. (Mrs.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Millikan & Holmes
Place of Publication: Laporte, IN
Date Published: 1856
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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