MERRY MAPLE LEAVES / Or A Summer in the Country
by Perk, Abner
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1872.. 1872.. Good. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], pictorial blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with a vignette in gilt on the front cover & in blind on the rear cover. The spine & extremities are darkened with the head & tail of the spine lightly chipped. The covers are rubbed & stained. 37 & [1] leaves, printed on one side only. There is an illustration in black & white on each leaf, followed by some brief text & a quotation. There is a gift inscription dated 1873 on the front endpaper. There is occasional foxing & light soiling with staining to several pages. Good. <p>A fictionalized account of a summer in the country in upstate New York with delightful illustrations. Among the locations mentioned are Sharon Springs, the Mohawk Valley and Otsego Lake in Otsego County.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29284
- Title
- MERRY MAPLE LEAVES / Or A Summer in the Country
- Author
- Perk, Abner
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1872.
- Date Published
- 1872.
- Keywords
- NEW YORK STATE; UPSTATE NEW YORK; SHARON SPRINGS; MOHAWK VALLEY; OTSEGO LAKE; OTSEGO COUNTY; MERRY MAPLE LEAVES OR A SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY; ILLUSTRATIONS; QUOTATIONS; ABNER PERK; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
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Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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