A CHARIOT OF FIRE.
by Phelps [Ward], Elizabeth Stuart (1844-1911)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good only condition - some fraying and wear to the cloth, foxing especially to the plates and pages opposite them, scattered and
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1910.. Hardcover first edition -. Good only condition - some fraying and wear to the cloth, foxing especially to the plates and pages opposite them, scattered and light elsewhere. . First edition. The 'chariot' of the title is an automobile - which rushed a desperate man 17 miles through fog to his injured and dying child. A brief fable, ironic and moving. Frontispiece and one inserted plate. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated front cover. 45 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33833
- Title
- A CHARIOT OF FIRE.
- Author
- Phelps [Ward], Elizabeth Stuart (1844-1911)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Good only condition - some fraying and wear to the cloth, foxing especially to the plates and pages opposite them, scattered and
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1910.
- Keywords
- massachusetts north shore setting, early automobile fiction,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women Authors;
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