RAMONA - A Story
by Jackson, Helen (H.H.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with owner signature (dated 7-27-01) else unmarked, faded spine, light shelfwear.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown & Co, c1884, 1900. No edition stated.. Hardcover in red cloth boards illus w three gold flowers, no jacket.. Good+ with owner signature (dated 7-27-01) else unmarked, faded spine, light shelfwear.. Classic novel of early California life. Solid clean tight copy.
5 x 7-1/2, 490 pp + 7 pg section Ramona*s Home with b/w illus + 13-pg section about authors other books.
5 x 7-1/2, 490 pp + 7 pg section Ramona*s Home with b/w illus + 13-pg section about authors other books.
Synopsis
Ramona, a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson, is the story of a part-Scottish and part-Native American orphan girl growing up and getting married in Southern California, suffering racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis, the novel became immensely popular. Overall, it has had more than 300 printings, been made into four film versions, and has been performed as an outdoor play annually since 1923.
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Details
- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16423
- Title
- RAMONA - A Story
- Author
- Jackson, Helen (H.H.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in red cloth boards illus w three gold flowers, no jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with owner signature (dated 7-27-01) else unmarked, faded spine, light shelfwear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No edition stated.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- c1884, 1900
- Keywords
- Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Criticism
Terms of Sale
edburynbooks
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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- Spine
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- Shelfwear
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