The Snow-Image: A Childish Miracle
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Otherwise very good condition
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: James G. Gregory, 1864. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. 1st separate edition with "G. A. Alvord, Stereotyper and printer" on verso of title page. There is a later issue in which the printer is not recorded on the verso of title page.
8vo, 31pp, engraved title & 5 delightful colored illustrations of children playing in the snow by Marcus Waterman. Original publisher's green gilt decorated cloth, a slt. later black & gilt label on the spine reads "The Snow Image". Very slt. edgewear at corners, otherwise a very nice copy. Ink inscription in period hand, dated 1864. BAL 7660, Clarke A19.4.
8vo, 31pp, engraved title & 5 delightful colored illustrations of children playing in the snow by Marcus Waterman. Original publisher's green gilt decorated cloth, a slt. later black & gilt label on the spine reads "The Snow Image". Very slt. edgewear at corners, otherwise a very nice copy. Ink inscription in period hand, dated 1864. BAL 7660, Clarke A19.4.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
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- 3328
- Title
- The Snow-Image: A Childish Miracle
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Otherwise very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James G. Gregory
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1864
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- CHILDRENS; LITERATURE;
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