Daddy-Long-Legs
by Webster, Jean
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949 Copy in red cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine is sunned. Jacket chipped and creased along edges with few small pieces missing. Closed tears to edge of front and rear blurb flaps. Light tanning to folio edges. Clean text with b/w illustrations.
Synopsis
Jean Webster (1876–1916) was the pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster. She was a grandniece of Mark Twain and the author of eight novels, her writing career blossomed amid the suffragist culture of upstate New York and Greenwich Village. Jean Webster (1876–1916) was the pen name of Alice Jane Chandler Webster. She was a grandniece of Mark Twain and the author of eight novels, her writing career blossomed amid the suffragist culture of upstate New York and Greenwich Village.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Balfour Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032676
- Title
- Daddy-Long-Legs
- Author
- Webster, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Seventy-Third Impression
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster Humour
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