Tibby, the Charwoman, and Her Friends (Fireside Library No. 3)
by P. E. S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Robert Carter & Brothers , 1869. Edge and corner wear; no dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; some fraying at the head and tail of the spine; former owner's inscription and a date are in pencil on the ffep; some foxing; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Green cloth with embossed lettering on the front and rear board and gilt lettering on the spine. 180 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and historical pages! Frontispiece illustration and 2 other illustrations in black and white! "Tibby was the last of her race, and had nobody to care for in this world, and nobody to care for her but herself. Poor Tibby! She had been a servant in good places; but, getting too old for service, had invested the bulk of her hard-won earnings in a mangle, which proving a ruinous speculation, she was now a char-woman, doing a day's work or a day's washing whenever or werever she could get it........." ----- from Chapter 1 (Tibby and Mrs. Peebles).. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049007
- Title
- Tibby, the Charwoman, and Her Friends (Fireside Library No. 3)
- Author
- P. E. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Carter & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- FICTION LITERARY WORKS LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
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