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Old Caravan Days
by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Good+. H. [Henry] Pruett Share. Publisher's olive drab cloth decoratively stamped in dark green, silver and gold on spine and front cover. Worn at spine ends; front cover shows spotting. Rear inner hinge is cracked, but the binding holds firm. Short gift inscription dated 1893 on ffep; previous owner's name on reverse of frontispiece illustration. Some soiling to pages. Twenty-seven illustrated plates (including frontispiece with tissue guard) and ten in-text illustrations. pp. 306, plus [12] ads. A scarce copy of Catherwood's novel for young readers, which tells of the many adventures of a family traveling by covered wagon from Ohio to western Illinois in the 1840s. Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902) was the author of about twenty book between 1875 and 1901. The thirty-seven illustrations were done by Henry Pruett Share (1853-1905).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014648
- Title
- Old Caravan Days
- Author
- Mary Hartwell Catherwood
- Illustrator
- H. [Henry] Pruett Share
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Lothrop and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- H. Pruett Share, young adult, adventure, westward migration, novel, fiction,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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