Charcoal Sketches ; or, Scenes in a Metropolis
by Joseph C. Neal
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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2nd Edition. [American Humorist] Printed spine label. Penciled inscription by author. Presentation copy. Good cover and binding. Spine sunned and covers have staining with a stray black mark across front board. Book is square and sound. Scattered foxing throughout. 222 pages. Frontispiece and 3 plates by David Claypoole Johnston (on yellow paper). Former library book from Princeton University's Marquand Library. Library bookplate on front inside board is partial peeled away. 2nd edition of author's 1st book. BAL 14943.
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- EGR books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3086
- Title
- Charcoal Sketches ; or, Scenes in a Metropolis
- Author
- Joseph C. Neal
- Illustrator
- David Claypoole Johnston
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.L. Carey and A. Hart
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1838
- Pages
- 222
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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