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Diary Of A Man Of Fifty And A Bundle Of Letters. 1880
by James, Henry (Ed. )
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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VINELAND, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. First American Edition. Softcover. First American edition. From the Harper''s Half-Hour Series. Original wrappers printed in black and red, housed in a [fine] morocco-backed case with chemise. 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 inches (12 x 7.8 cm) ; 135 pp. , 8 pp. Ads. The wrapper detaching from text block, small chip to wrapper margin and one early text leaf, offset where newsclipping laid-in, bookplate of Richard Bayard Dominick to the chemise [fine]. BAL 10550. Literature written in the form of overlapping letters. .
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- Bookseller
- poor mans books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38952
- Title
- Diary Of A Man Of Fifty And A Bundle Of Letters. 1880
- Author
- James, Henry (Ed. )
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1880
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- Wrappers
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