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A New England Nun and Other Stories. (Signed and Inscribed Copy)

A New England Nun and Other Stories. (Signed and Inscribed Copy)

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A New England Nun and Other Stories. (Signed and Inscribed Copy)

by Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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About This Item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 468pp + 8pp of publisher's advertisements. Original light blue decorated cloth stamped in gold, black adn white on the front panel, lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "She gazed ahead through / a long reach of future days / strung together like pearls on / a rosary. / The New England Nun Page 17. / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, / Metuchen, New Jersey. / June eleventh, 1906." Collects twenty-four stories. Private library number label on the front free endpaper, light wear to spine ends, corner tips bruised. A bright, very good+ copy. BAL 6325. Wright III.2036. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.

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Bookseller
Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
29706
Title
A New England Nun and Other Stories. (Signed and Inscribed Copy)
Author
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1891
Keywords
LITERATURE, SHORT STORIES, HORROR, GHOST STORIES, SIGNED COPIES, GOTHIC
Bookseller catalogs
Antiquarian; Horror; Fiction and Literature;

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BAL
Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Inscribed
When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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...
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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