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Isidro; [A Novel]
by Austin, Mary [Hunter]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. Eric Pape, Illustrator. [April][7.5x5.25in]; Light olive green cloth on covers with gilt lettering and maroon/blue illustrations on spine, front and rear, all edges trimmed, light green with maroon patterns endpapers; [10], 425 pp., [1], [2] advertisements, frontispiece and three color illustrations by Eric Pape; Self wear to edges and covers, spine slightly darken, rear hinge cracked, binding still tight. Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) was an American writer of the Southwest and best known for her first book in 1903, The Land of Little Rain. Of her 35 books over her writing career, this third book was her first novel. Set in Mexico, it is a mission romance novel of the mid 1800's.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13145
- Title
- Isidro; [A Novel]
- Author
- Austin, Mary [Hunter]
- Illustrator
- Eric Pape, Illustrator
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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