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Popular Fiction 100 Years Ago An Unexplored Tract Of Literary History
by Dalziel, Margaret
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- Hardcover
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- first
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Dufour Editions, 1958. First Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with lightly tarnished gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with several small chips from the upper edge of the spine area. A review copy which was sent to Time Magazine with a letter (enclosed within this copy) typed and signed by Paul J. Dufour and dated "11/19/56". 188 pages including an index.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB31659
- Title
- Popular Fiction 100 Years Ago An Unexplored Tract Of Literary History
- Author
- Dalziel, Margaret
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dufour Editions
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1958
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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