Old Creole Days Part I: (First Series) Madame Delphine, Care Des Exiles, Belles Demoiselles Plantation; Part II: (Second Series) Posson Jone', Jean-Ah Poquelin, 'tite Poulette, 'sieur George, Madame Delicieuse
by Cable, George W
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1883. First Edition; Later Printing. VG- with light rubbing to cloth extremities, heel of spines have a thin line of white paint at edges, flyleaf of vol. II has a small hole where something was adhered, and endpapers of vol. I have a small dampstain to bottom edge. The text is evenly toned but very clean, and the bindings are solid. Owner signatures on endpapers. ; 12mo. , 2 vols. , original blue cloth with gilt lettering, 1-145; 1-155 plus ads in each volume. Frontispieces, top edges gilt, others uncut. Each volume is a presentation copy inscribed by the author to Cousin Mary, dated 1883. .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1028
- Title
- Old Creole Days Part I: (First Series) Madame Delphine, Care Des Exiles, Belles Demoiselles Plantation; Part II: (Second Series) Posson Jone', Jean-Ah Poquelin, 'tite Poulette, 'sieur George, Madame Delicieuse
- Author
- Cable, George W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Novelettes, Fiction, Literature
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- Heel
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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- 12mo
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