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Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. Famous Old People: Being the Second Epoch of Grandfather's Chair
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: E. P. Peabody, 1841. First editions. Hardcover. Very good overall. Two volumes of children's stories on American history from the Puritans to the American Revolution, by the author of 'The Scarlet Letter' and 'The House of the Seven Gables'. 32mo, in original diced brown cloth with black paper label on front boards (blank). Housed in a sleeve in green gilt morocco box. Grandfather's Chair: 1st Edition, 16mo, vii, [1 (blank)], 140 pp. 16mo. 5 1/4" x 3-1/2". (BAL7590; Clark A6.1). Famous Old People: 1st Edition vii, [1 (blank)], 158, [2 (blank)] pp. 16mo, 3 3/8x5". (BAL7591; Clark A7.1).
Overall, text is extremely clean. Covers of both volumes slt rubbed, corners rubbed on G.C.; 2 small marks on spine & traces of a glue repair at inner hinge of F.O.P, title labels very slt chipped at right edges. Very pleasant contemporary copies in a handsome dark green morocco spined slipcase.
Overall, text is extremely clean. Covers of both volumes slt rubbed, corners rubbed on G.C.; 2 small marks on spine & traces of a glue repair at inner hinge of F.O.P, title labels very slt chipped at right edges. Very pleasant contemporary copies in a handsome dark green morocco spined slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15288
- Title
- Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. Famous Old People: Being the Second Epoch of Grandfather's Chair
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First editions
- Publisher
- E. P. Peabody
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1841
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDRENS; LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Garrison, New York
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