THE STORY OF A BAD BOY
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
A$185.85A$148.68
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1877. THE STORY OF A BAD BOY- Thomas Bailey Aldrich- Houghton-Mifflin-Boston-1877-1st Edition-1st Printing-20th Thousand- Hardcover:8vo- VG++/ no dj as issued-fine binding- original brown cloth with dark brown illustrated cover and gilt titles on cover and spine- 261pp are lightly age toned but clean, no tears or writing-PO names on ffep-A.E. (stamp)and gift dedication to Arthur Putnam dated Christmas 1887-Putnam was a world renowned artist. Yellow endpapers- rubbed extremities but clean and tight- 22 pre-chapter illustrations + 19 illustrations including frontis by (Hamilton attributes them all to Eytinge except one by Fenn). -"Story of a boy growing up in Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the 1800s."- SCARCE!- Fiction-juvenile-Portsmouth-NH-adventure-illustrated (406) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406
- Title
- THE STORY OF A BAD BOY
- Author
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton-Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-Portsmouth-NH-adventure-illustrated
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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