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An Island Garden
by Thaxter, Celia; Childe Hassam
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. Illustrated by Childe Hassam. Tall octavo. White cloth beautifully decorated in gilt by Sarah Wyman Whitman (also issued in green cloth, the white seems less common). A little overall age-toning on the boards, trace of wear to spine tips, light occasional foxing, but a nice and sound very good copy. With the author's cut signature laid-in. The garden plan is present after p. 72.
BAL 19923 which calls this one of the most elaborate pieces of bookmaking of the period. 1019 copies printed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23490
- Title
- An Island Garden
- Author
- Thaxter, Celia; Childe Hassam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Octavo
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
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