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The Story of a Bad Boy
by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1877. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Stated fifteenth thousand. Light blue illustrated cloth. 261 pp. With a few black and white illustrations throughout. A work for a juvenile audience, following the adventures of Tom Bailey, being a semi-autobiographical account of the author's childhood in New England, perhaps laying the groundwork for 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' (see Wikipedia). GOOD condition. Heavy fading/browning to the covers along the extremities and spine. Minor soiling, foxing and staining to the cloth. Spine tips chipped and frayed. Ownership signature present. Front interior hinge cracked about halfway, with the text block cracked between pages 92-93. Minor toning and scattered soiling in the interior.
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- Bookseller
- Mare Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009021
- Title
- The Story of a Bad Boy
- Author
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
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- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Mare Booksellers
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Dover, New Hampshire
About Mare Booksellers
Mare Booksellers specializes in punk fanzines, with interests in underground newspapers and art. Who are we kidding? We really like anything with printed or handwritten letters, whether paper, books, etc. (Okay, letters and words aren't really that important either).
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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