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A Waif of the Plains
by HARTE, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
London, Chatto & Windus, 1890., 1890. First edition. 8vo. 60 illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. Original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt, green and yellow with designs of a boys riding a buffalo and a horse (cocked); gray floral endpapers. Very good. 238 pages + 32 page publisher's catalog dated January, 1890. BAL 7349, first state.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 229764
- Title
- A Waif of the Plains
- Author
- HARTE, Bret
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Chatto & Windus, 1890.
- Date Published
- 1890
- Bookseller catalogs
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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Palm Springs, California
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