A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore in Prose and Poetry
by Drake, Samuel Adams
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. First edition. Squared-off 8vo. Decorative brown silk binding with images of witches on broomsticks, cat, ruling in black, titles in black. All edges gilt. 461 pp. plus 2 pp. advertising. Illustrated throughout in black and white with full-page images, decorations, and in-text engravings.Decorated endpapers. Hinges cracked. Shallow chipping top and bottom of spine. Very good.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Merrill, F.T.. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021892
- Title
- A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore in Prose and Poetry
- Author
- Drake, Samuel Adams
- Illustrator
- Merrill, F.T.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- WITCHCRAFT WITCHES GHOSTS OCCULT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction; New England;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
Rose's Books is an Internet-only rare and used book service, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We publish and distribute scholarly imprints by Clock & Rose Press.
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