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THE CRYSTAL GAZER and Other Poems.
by Ranney, Minnie Bond Garner
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ)
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1916. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 179 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding with minor shelfwear. The original dustjacket does not have a price and all four inner corners are clipped; protected in archival mylar. The dustjacket has moderate rubbing, with a tear along the front hinge, and a few creases and tiny perforations remaining intact and attrative. Signed and inscribed by the publisher or the publisher's family member on the front endpaper "To Mrs. Hall in memory of her friendship with the author of these poems from F.G. Ranney and Katherine Ranney Sherwood." Included is a photograph of another Chicago poetess inscribed to the same person "To Mrs. Hall, with my love, Natalie Price." Copyright by F.G. Ranney; published posthumously. A collection of 102 poems. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017659
- Title
- THE CRYSTAL GAZER and Other Poems.
- Author
- Ranney, Minnie Bond Garner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very good- condition (DJ)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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