OPPOSITE HOUSE, THE; WITH OTHER STORIES FOR COTTAGE HOMES
by Perram, Annie Frances
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Woolmer, 1886. Splitting of cloth on spine on front hinge and 1 inch on back hinge. Moderate edge and corner rubbing; minor darkening on end papers, with general users soil. 230pp. Book given as an award for regular attendance in 1908, as stated on presentation plate on front free endpaper. This volume is a collection of stories ending with a moral or cautioning the reader, and characters drawn from the "humbler" class.. Blue boards with gilt, red and black lettering and ornamentation.. Hardcover. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7619
- Title
- OPPOSITE HOUSE, THE; WITH OTHER STORIES FOR COTTAGE HOMES
- Author
- Perram, Annie Frances
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- T. Woolmer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Cautionary tale, morality, girls, young adult, Sunday School
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
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Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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