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The Early Life of John Howard Payne
by Willis T. Hanson (signed)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Inscribed by author, "To Guido Bruno with the very best reagrds of the Author" in brown ink on first free page, 1913 First Edition, 164 pages of text plus reproductions of Payne's writing published in The Thespian Mirror, 1805 and 1806, Book is called Good because of soiling on boards and spine, interior is near Fine and complete. Two toned linen tan boards with white spine, bright gilt titles to spine, leather corners show wear, quality paper with untrimmed edges, folding 1841 facsimile letter present, very nice frontispiece portrait of Payne with tissue guard 1791-1852. Binding and hinges are solid bargain priced copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001172
- Title
- The Early Life of John Howard Payne
- Author
- Willis T. Hanson (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bibliophile Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- John Howard Payne
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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