A House-Boat on the Styx. Being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades
by Bangs, John Kendrick
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original olive pictorial cloth, spine darkened, else fine> Bookplate W.D. Vincent
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First edition. With 24 illustrations by Peter Newell. viii, 171, [1], [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original olive pictorial cloth, spine darkened, else fine> Bookplate W.D. Vincent. Newell, Peter. First edition. With 24 illustrations by Peter Newell. viii, 171, [1], [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Illustrated by Newell. BAL 726
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- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38305
- Title
- A House-Boat on the Styx. Being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades
- Author
- Bangs, John Kendrick
- Format/Binding
- With 24 illustrations by Peter Newell. viii, 171, [1], [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original olive pictorial cloth, spine darkened, else fine> Bookplate W.D. Vincent
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- American
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