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A MARSH ISLAND
by Jewett, Sarah Orne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1885. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 292, 12 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in two shades of green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Second printing, with Marsh Island priced at $1.25 in rear ads. Minor shelfwear. Light soiling to spine, with fraying of cloth at head and tail. Light scuffing to front and rear covers. Age-toning to textblock. Signature of previous owner on second free endpaper. With 12 pages of advertisements in rear. Shelved in Case 6. BAL 10885.
In June 2023, Don James McLaughlin, assistant professor of 19th-century American literature at the University of Tulsa, wrote a scholarly edition Sarah Orne Jewett's "A Marsh Island" published by Penn Press. McLaughlin highlights Jewett's themes of queer kinship and same-sex domesticity, and draws parallels between her queer-coded novels and her own life. (Penn Press). 1371918. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
In June 2023, Don James McLaughlin, assistant professor of 19th-century American literature at the University of Tulsa, wrote a scholarly edition Sarah Orne Jewett's "A Marsh Island" published by Penn Press. McLaughlin highlights Jewett's themes of queer kinship and same-sex domesticity, and draws parallels between her queer-coded novels and her own life. (Penn Press). 1371918. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1371918
- Title
- A MARSH ISLAND
- Author
- Jewett, Sarah Orne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1885
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Gilt
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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- BAL
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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