D'ri and I: A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Second War with the British. Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A.
by Bacheller, Irving
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- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1901. First Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good +. Inside front cover cracked at spine, netting visible, binding still firm. Ex libris bookplate at front pastedown. Black and white pictorial in gilt decoration beneath title at front cover. Spine ends and cover corners gently rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008942
- Title
- D'ri and I: A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Second War with the British. Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A.
- Author
- Bacheller, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lothrop Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
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Salisbury, Connecticut
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