Italian Backgrounds
by Wharton, Edith
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Peixotto, E. C.. 8vo. Green cloth binding by Margaret Armstrong, stamped in blue and cream with gilt titling. 214 pp. General overall handling and wear with institutional markings to spine and verso of title page. Clean and sound interior. w/ 13 plates by E. C. Peixotto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43
- Title
- Italian Backgrounds
- Author
- Wharton, Edith
- Illustrator
- Peixotto, E. C.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Edith Wharton, American Literature, Travel, Italy
Terms of Sale
small volume
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small volume
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Providence, Rhode Island
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