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Heroines of Fiction (Two volumes complete)
by Howells, W. D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/no dust jackets
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York / London: Harper & Brothers, 1901. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York / London: Harper & Brothers, 1901. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/no dust jackets. First Edition, First Printing of two beautiful volumes (complete). Decorated American trade bindings. Moss green ribbed cloth boards with gold and red decorative lettering on covers of each book, gold lettering on spine. Slightest surface wear to spine corners, no fraying. Bindings are tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt upper text block page edges. Previous owner name penned lavishly on front free endpaper of each volume - no other marks. With illustations by H. C. Christy, A. I. Keller, and others, including lovely frontispieces with clean tissue guards. Volume 1 - 239 pages; Volume 2 - 274 pages. A lovely two volume set you will be proud to own. Includes heroines from Emile Bronte's works, Hawthorne's, Jane Austen's, Dickens and more. Beautiful illustrations throughout..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026123
- Title
- Heroines of Fiction (Two volumes complete)
- Author
- Howells, W. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jackets
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York / London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, LITERARY HEROINES, W. D. HOWELLS, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDINGS, DATB, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Gilt
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