The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
by Dunbar, Paul Laurence
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903. Very attractive bright brown cloth cover over boards with gold letters and black and silver image. Spine also lovely, with image of animal up high in tall trees and gilt title. Slight soil on covers. Slight wear at extremities. Lacking front free end paper. Front hinge beginning to go. Otherwise, nice bright illustrated cover and spine. Scarce early reprint. . Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16878
- Title
- The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
- Author
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Literary, Afro-American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature and Literary;
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- 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....