Mother
by Wister, Owen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in rust colored cloth covered boards with a colored pictorial label pasted to the front board. The second free end paper has been removed and there is minor rubbing to the corners of the spine and only light soiling to the pictorial. This is the first printing of the story in book form. It originally "appeared anonymously as the ninth of a sequence of short stories by varous authors, in a volume entitled A House Part." The text received some "remodelling" for this "separate publication:. It is a humorous book whichdeals with finance and the stock market. 95 pages of text and illustrations by John Rae.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB15455
- Title
- Mother
- Author
- Wister, Owen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...