A Blot in the 'Scutcheon and Other Dramas (English Classics)
by Robert Browning; William J. Rolfe; Heloise E. Hersey
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1887. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 245pp. This copy formerly owned by Harriet C. Hyde, with signature dated 1887, then later owned by John Fowlow Tulk (an Episcopalian minister who attended Trinity College in CT and who passed away in MN in 2013), with his ownership information dated 1956. Edited, with notes, by William J. Rolfe and Heloise E. Hersey. Several minor bumps, small chips, and worn through areas to extremities of volume, with light to medium wear and light soiling to remainder of cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front cover remains clear and bright. Frontispiece of Browning, with original protective tissue in place. Two previous owners neatly inscribed their information in ink to front free endpaper, else, text clean.
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- Bookseller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027944
- Title
- A Blot in the 'Scutcheon and Other Dramas (English Classics)
- Author
- Robert Browning; William J. Rolfe; Heloise E. Hersey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- English poets poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction/Poetry;
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
STILLWATER, Minnesota
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- Fair
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- 12mo
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