Boston: Roberts Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, boards rubbed, rear hinge . cracked.. 1871. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. vii, 331 pp, [8] pp publisher's catalog. Terra cotta cloth binding stamped in blind on front and rear boards and in gilt and blind on spine. Many engravings. The abolition activist and bestselling author of Uncle Tom's Cabin turned her attentions in this novel to the plight of a young New England man and his pretty but domineering and self-centered wife, the Pink and White Tyrant. Hildreth p. 95. BAL 19461.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 34504
Title: Pink and White Tyranny: A Society Novel
Author: Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, boards rubbed, rear hinge cracked.
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Roberts Brothers
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1871
Keywords: 19th Century Novels, 1870s Novels
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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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....
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