MARTHY LOU'S KIVERLID: A SKETCH OF MOUNTAIN LIFE
by Hyatt, Rebecca Dougherty
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Morristown, Tennessee: Triangle Press, 1937. "As a native of the Southern Highlands, I present this little volume with sympathy and understanding of mountain life as I know it." Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Maroon cloth covers with gilt title and b/w image of mountain cabin on front, small gilt writing with author's last name on spine. Cover corners are lightly rubbed, cover edges clean, spine ends are bent from shelf wear. Some of the gilt on the front cover title lettering has been rubbed away, small scuff on front cover near title, some marks on back cover. Page edges browning. Back hinge loose. Interior pages are clean. Book in VG-/VG condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Americana.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007524
- Title
- MARTHY LOU'S KIVERLID: A SKETCH OF MOUNTAIN LIFE
- Author
- Hyatt, Rebecca Dougherty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Triangle Press
- Place of Publication
- Morristown, Tennessee
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Fiction, Americana, Smoky Mountains
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
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