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New York:: Coward-McCann,, 1938.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in coarse beige cloth illustrated with a ship under full sail, no dust jacket (previous owner's name). First edition. Stories of the fifties (the 1850s, that is), sixties and seventies by this beloved Cape Cod author, illustrated in black and white by Howard Brett. Lincoln's "yarns" of old Cape Cod populated by old Yankee stock, were "an antidote to an America that was undergoing rapid modernization, urbanization, immigration, and industrialization." Color illustrated endpapers. 158 pp.
Mr. Pratt. A Novel. Frontispiece by Horace Taylor by Lincoln, Joseph C. (Crosby), 1870-1944
by Lincoln, Joseph C. (Crosby), 1870-1944
Mr. Pratt. A Novel. Frontispiece by Horace Taylor
by Lincoln, Joseph C. (Crosby), 1870-1944
- Used
- Hardcover
NY: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1907. Hard Cover. 5 leaves, 342 p., front.; 19 cm. Sixth Printing. "The germ from which the yarn of ʻMr. Prattââ¬â¢ developed was contained in a short story by the author, which appeared in ʻEverybodyââ¬â¢s Magazineââ¬â¢." (5th p.l.) An early Lincoln novel in very good condition. Vg / no dj. Stock#47981.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Hard Cover
- Book Condition Used
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher NY: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1907
- Keywords Fiction: Old and Rare