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The Hearth And Eagle
by Seton, Anya
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition (Same Date On The Title And Copyright Pages). The Book Is Bound In Red Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Front And Spine. The Lettering On The Spine Is Faded. The Top Edges Are Dust Soiled. Minor Wear To The Board Edges. Hinges Sound And No Ownership Information Present.
Synopsis
Anya Seton weaves a beautiful history of the Honeywood family in Marblehead, Massachussets from the 1600's into the 1800's, and their inn, The Hearth and the Eagle. This tale provides a riveting story, as well as lessons on early New England until the 1800's with the industrial revolution changing the face of northern America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039654
- Title
- The Hearth And Eagle
- Author
- Seton, Anya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 377
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Marblehead (Mass.) - Fiction; Marblehead (Mass.) - History - Fiction; History - General. Historical
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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