By Shore and Sedge
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bradford, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: The Riverside Press: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing 1885. Decorative brown cloth with ornamentation blind imprinted on front and back cover, plus spine. Bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No DJ - as issued originally. Page edges colored in orange. Rare real first edition from The Riverside Press (Houghton Mifflin's imprint in Cambridge, MA), unlike other cloth editions that were reprints of this rare first edition. 16mo, 260pp. Some cloth wear to spine, some bumping to corners. Otherwise in Very Good+ condition for age.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Star Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006639
- Title
- By Shore and Sedge
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1885
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Star Cat Books
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Bradford, Vermont
About Star Cat Books
New & gently used books, specializing in children's and science fiction. Good selection of general fiction, nonfiction, cooking, art, biography & autobiography, mystery, and religion.
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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