Christie Johnstone
by Reade, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original green cloth, spine and edges a bit faded but gilt lettering on backstrip still bright, tiny snag at head
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth, spine and edges a bit faded but gilt lettering on backstrip still bright, tiny snag at head. First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. With the bookplate of Nathaniel Prime, author of the History of Long Island, 1845. Given by him to Edward Prime in 1886, and by the latter to C.H. Benjamin, with his bookplate. Parrish, p. 174; Wolff 5703
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9478
- Title
- Christie Johnstone
- Author
- Reade, Charles
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth, spine and edges a bit faded but gilt lettering on backstrip still bright, tiny snag at head
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- British | Charles Reade
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Edges
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