The Snow Image and other Twice-Told Tales
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Henry Altemus Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. Henry Altemus Company. No date. Circa 1905. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with elaborate ornate gilt filigree decorations on the cover and spine. Front cover has two vertical color floral panels with Queen Anne's Lace pattern. Black and white frontispiece. Binding tight. Front hinge partially cracked, but still strong. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers rubbed. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with a few small spots and smudges and some darkening along bottom edge. Front free endpaper has the faint remains of an old erased name. Page edges lightly soiled. NO highlighting or other markings. A few pages have light brown stains. 287 pages + 36 page publisher's catalog at rear. No dust jacket. Altemus Vademecum series. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4221
- Title
- The Snow Image and other Twice-Told Tales
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus Company
- Keywords
- Fiction,Short stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Short stories;
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About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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