Mosses from an Old Manse [Volume II, The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, with Introductory Notes by George Parsons Lathrop in Twelve Volumes (Riverside Edition)]
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Bath, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press. Riverside Edition. Brown textured cloth with leather title plate with gilt writing, top edges of pages gilt, top of spine pulled, brown end papers, pages tanning at edges else near very good, text block tight, front and back hinges have wide gutters but still well attached. Discount for purchase of multiple volumes. . Very Good-. Hardcover. 1884.
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- Bookseller
- Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 098252
- Title
- Mosses from an Old Manse [Volume II, The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, with Introductory Notes by George Parsons Lathrop in Twelve Volumes (Riverside Edition)]
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston / Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- American literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
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Bath, Maine
About Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
We got started selling online as Vintage Quaker Books in 2013 and opened a storefront under the name The Corner Bookshop in 2020. Vintage Quaker Books sells books by, for, and about Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) and a variety of other Christian books. The Corner Bookshop is a general used bookstore located in a cozy basement under/behind the main shopping street of Front Street in Bath, Maine.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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