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Two Runaways and Other Stories

Two Runaways and Other Stories

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Two Runaways and Other Stories

by Harry Stillwell Edwards

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New York: The Century Co., 1889. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". E. W. Kemble. The first edition of this collection of Southern stories, illustrated by E. W. Kemble. The first edition in book form. The works first featured serially in the 'Century Magazine' and the 'Harper and Brothers Magazine'. Illustrated by American illustrator Edward Windsor Kemble with a monochrome frontispiece and sixteen monochrome plates. This work features a collection of stories based in Southern America, written by American journalist, novelist and poet Harry Stillwell Edwards. Edwards is best known for his works in dialect and wrote pro-slavery works that were popular in the south. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities and minimal fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound with only the frontispiece starting, pages clean and age toned with only the odd spot to the blanks and a small closed tear to the frontispiece. Very Good

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Bookseller
Rooke Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
905Z19
Title
Two Runaways and Other Stories
Author
Harry Stillwell Edwards
Illustrator
E. W. Kemble
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Century Co.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1889
Size
8" by 5"
Keywords
First edition South America Southern American literature South America Harry Stillwell Edwards E. W. Kemble

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