Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner initials on front free endpaper.. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Measures 6 x 3.5 inches. Navy cloth with silver scroll design on front boards, titled in gilt. 70pp and one page of publisher ads. A young mother leaves her baby in a smoking car on a Boston train with a flustered older gentleman in this gently humorous play. BAL 9734.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 57547
Title: The Smoking Car: A Farce
Author: Howells, W. D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner initials on front free endpaper.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1900
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: FARCE
Bookseller catalogs: Theatre and Film;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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