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Randall Publisher, Peter E., 1994. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1994-12-01. Paperback. Good.

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Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Heritage Books, 1978. 188 pages. Nice Tight Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. History:Localities 6552

Heritage Books, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1994-12-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Bowie, MD: Heritage Books. VG HB. 1978. Charles Dickens called Thaxter's essays admirable and Horace Greeley called them "best prose writing I have seen for a long . time. Her pen pictures are wonderfullly well done." The shoals are a group of nine small rocky island off the coast of New Hampshire where she was raised and lived most of her life. Herman Melville called them the "Enchanted Isles" "It is to be doubted whether any spot on earth can "in desolateness, furnished a parallel to this group." Thaxter says though "There is a charm about them, an indescribable influence in this atmosphere, hardely to be explained but universally acknowledged." Includes publisher's press review that states "Thaxter's stories both poignant and humorous" are about the hardy folk who inhabited the islands, and explanations for their names "Hog Island now called Appledore; Smutty Nose; White Star. Classic and unclassifiable." It captures… Read More

Hanover, NH: University Press New England. VG PB. (2003). 1st prntg. Charles Dickens called Thaxter's essays admirable and Horace Greeley called them "best prose writing I have seen for a long . time. Her pen pictures are wonderfullly well done." The shoals are a group of nine small rocky island off the coast of New Hampshire where she was raised and lived most of her life. Herman Melville called them the "Enchanted Isles" "It is to be doubted whether any spot on earth can "in desolateness, furnished a parallel to this group." Thaxter says though "There is a charm about them, an indescribable influence in this atmosphere, hardely to be explained but universally acknowledged." Includes publisher's press review that states "Thaxter's stories both poignant and humorous" are about the hardy folk who inhabited the islands, and explanations for their names "Hog Island now called Appledore; Smutty Nose; White Star. Classic and… Read More

University Press of New England, 2003-06-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap.

UPNE, 2003-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall. VG. 1994. Thaxter's most popular book was first published in 1873 by James R. Osgood & Co. and saved the publisher from financial . collapse. This book is a commemoration of Thaxter's death in August, 1994. and includes additional photos. .

Wake Brook House, 1973-06. Hardcover. Good.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1880. Hardcover. Ex-Library/No Jacket. 1880. Hardcover, 16mo., green cloth. 184 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Ex-library with remnants of spine sticker, bookplate to front pastedown, pocket to rear pastedown, stamp to title-page and text-blocks. Extremities and small spot of front board rubbed. Corners bumped. Rear hinge cracked. Pen and pencil marks to title page. Contents otherwise unmarked.

RiverRun Select, 2014. Paperback. New. 154 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.50 inches.

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Bowie, MD: Heritage Books. Very Good with no dust jacket; Penciled gift inscription on rear pastedown . endpaper.. 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. 0917890078 . Photos, engravings, Reprint of the 1901 edition of Thaxter's memoir. Pictorial gray cloth binding. Index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages .

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