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MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS
by CRANE, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very small stain on the front cover. About Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
(Avon, CT): Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Very small stain on the front cover. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Sigmund Abeles. Large octavo (7-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half glazed black goatskin and boards covered with homespun buckram printed with a stripe pattern in dark grey. Illustrated with 7 full-page copper etchings by Sigmund Abeles reproduced by gravure. Of a total edition of 2000 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.C." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, this copy belonged to Gordon Carroll who was in charge of the club's operations in the 1970s when it operated out of Avon, CT. Monthly Letter laid in.
Synopsis
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a novella by American author Stephen Crane. It depicts a poor family in a New York neighborhood, whose parents are drunk and abusive. As the children grow up, Maggie attempts to better herself, but is defeated by her desperate surrounds and the poverty of humanity surrounding her.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016508
- Title
- MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS
- Author
- CRANE, Stephen
- Illustrator
- Sigmund Abeles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very small stain on the front cover. About Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- (Avon, CT)
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Signed, Illustrated Books, 19th Century American Literature, Fine Press, Limited Editions Club, Stephen Crane
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Buckram
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- Goatskin
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- Octavo
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- Blindstamp
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- Colophon
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- Fine
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