THE COPPERHEAD
by FREDERIC, Harold
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Scribner's, 1893. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 197. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Cover little scuffed at edges and slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. BAL 6278 (issued in an edition of just 1650 copies). A social drama which takes place in upstate New York during the Civil War.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52707
- Title
- THE COPPERHEAD
- Author
- FREDERIC, Harold
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1893
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
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- New
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- VG
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- Cloth
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- O/W
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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