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The One I Knew the Best of All
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1893 Book. Illus. by Reginald Birch. Fair. Decorated Red Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Autobiographical reminiscences of her childhood by the English/American writer Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924). 291pp, illustrated with 32 black and white drawings. Red boards and spine decorated with drawings and lettering in black and gilt. Forward lean to spine, hinges open, bumping and fraying to spine and corners, backstrip faded and edges somewhat soiled. Fair reading copy..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015131
- Title
- The One I Knew the Best of All
- Author
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Illustrator
- Reginald Birch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition.
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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- Gilt
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