The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance Of A Country Church
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition with "Published October 1907" only on copyright page. A beautiful, fine, bright copy. Hardcover in light gray cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in red and green and with a tipped on illustration front cover. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpapers. 143 pp. with borders decorated in green. With illustrations in color by Alice Barber Stephens.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E22693B
- Title
- The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance Of A Country Church
- Author
- Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- christmas, noel, santa, churches, massachusetts, new england
- Bookseller catalogs
- Christmas;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Gilt
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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