Editha's Burglar
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original dark green cloth, front cover decorated in black with gilt, spine and lower cover plain. Some light rubbing of cloth, e
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About This Item
Boston: Jordan, Marsh & Company, 1888. First separate edition, and first American edition. BAL second state without printer's imprint on verso of title. First appeared in the London, 1888 edition bound following "Sara Crewe". Frontispiece portrait from photograph of little Elsie Leslie with a facsimile of her letter to Jordan, Marsh & Company, illustrations by Henry Sandham. 1 vols. Sm. 4to. Original dark green cloth, front cover decorated in black with gilt, spine and lower cover plain. Some light rubbing of cloth, else fine. First separate edition, and first American edition. BAL second state without printer's imprint on verso of title. First appeared in the London, 1888 edition bound following "Sara Crewe". Frontispiece portrait from photograph of little Elsie Leslie with a facsimile of her letter to Jordan, Marsh & Company, illustrations by Henry Sandham. 1 vols. Sm. 4to. BAL 2072
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- Seller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 19836
- Title
- Editha's Burglar
- Author
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait from photograph of little Elsie Leslie with a facsimile of her letter to Jordan, Marsh & Company, illustra
- Book Condition
- Used - Original dark green cloth, front cover decorated in black with gilt, spine and lower cover plain. Some light rubbing of cloth, e
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First separate edition, and first American edition. BAL second s
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jordan, Marsh & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Children's Books | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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