The House By the Sea (Inscribed and Signed)
by READ, Thomas Buchanan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan, 1856. Bound in brown patterned cloth stamped in gold (still bright) - front spine at bottom shows a bit of scraping. This is the second printing (the first was published a year earlier). This copy is inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper to a Mr. Du Maulin. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A newspaper obit of the author is attached to the endpaper. 152 pp. + publisher's ads. . Inscribed and Signed By the Author. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7001190
- Title
- The House By the Sea (Inscribed and Signed)
- Author
- READ, Thomas Buchanan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Parry and McMillan
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Addbooks00;
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