THE COPPERHEAD
by Frederic, Harold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. First Edition. A novel centered around the social drama which unfolds in an upstate New York town during the Civil War. The protagonist, Abner Beech, is a Northerner opposed to the invasion of the South; he is branded a "copperhead" by his abolitionist neighbors, persecuted, and has his home burnt to the ground. A short but powerful novel focused on the history of dissent during a tumultuous time in our country's history, and the basis for a recent film adaptation by Ronald F. Maxwell. A considerably expanded edition was published in London by William Heinemann the following year. BAL 6278. First Printing, one of 1,650 copies. Octavo; publisher's red-brown 'V' cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt, black, and dark brown on spine and front panel; 197pp. Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper, with some trivial rubbing to extremities, else Fine and in an excellent state of preservation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1399
- Title
- THE COPPERHEAD
- Author
- Frederic, Harold
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- NOAMZ
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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