The Courtship of Miles Standish
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1903. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. No Jacket. First Thus. First edition thus with color and monchrome plates by H.C. Christy. Dark blue cloth with color pictorial pastedown. Cloth moderately rubbed at extremities and dime size spot on several leaves at beginning of book-- [endpapers and half-title.] Front board lightly shaken. Printed on heavy stock. Very good clean copy of this classic of American literature with lovely and evocative color illustrations by Christy.. First Edition Thus. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002131
- Title
- The Courtship of Miles Standish
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED, HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Alibris3;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- First Edition
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