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The Amber Gods and other Stories
by Prescott, Harriet Elizabeth
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 432 pages. A collection of seven stories: "The Amber Gods," "In a Cellar," "Knitting Sale-Socks," "Circumstance," "Desert Sands," "Midsummer and May," and "The South Breaker." Prescott was known for her detective stories and poems. Purple blindstamped covers with gilt top edge, brown end papers. Spine cover missing, some edge wear and spotting to cover, corners bumped, a little fading along edges, front hinge a little weak with split in end papers, notations on page facing title page, interior pages tanned, one section pulling loose from binding, notation on back free end paper.
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- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01229
- Title
- The Amber Gods and other Stories
- Author
- Prescott, Harriet Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- fiction, thrillers, collections, stories, literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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