Uncle Terry: A Story of the Maine Coast
by Munn, Charles Clark (1848-1917)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-Collectible
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Good-Collectible. Helena Higginbotham. 5.4"x7.75" 365 pgs. Maroon cloth w/gilt letters on front and spine w/pasted faded pic on front. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages soft tone. Not x-library. PON on ffep. Top edge gilt. Foxing inside boards. Tissue over b&w frontispiece: "The Home of Uncle Terry". Moderate edge wear w/rubs & fraying. Discoloration spots to cover. Secure ship w/track #. "It's goin' to be a nasty night," said Uncle Terry, coming in from the shed and dumping an armful of wood in the box behind the kitchen stove, "an' the combers is just a-humpin' over White Hoss Ledge, an' the spray's flyin' half way up the lighthouse." "The Lord-a-massy help any poor soul that goes ashore to-night," responded a portly, white-haired woman beside the stove, as a monster wave made the little dwelling tremble. Uncle Terry took off his dripping sou'wester and coat, and, hanging them over the wood box, went to the sink and began pumping a basin of water. "Better have some warm, Silas," said the woman, taking the steaming kettle from the stove and following him; "it's more comfortin'." When he had washed, and combed his scanty gray locks and beard at a small mirror, he stood for a moment beside the stove. His weather-beaten face that evinced character, so pronounced were its features, wore a smile, and his deep-set gray eyes emitted a twinkle.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3087
- Title
- Uncle Terry: A Story of the Maine Coast
- Author
- Munn, Charles Clark (1848-1917)
- Illustrator
- Helena Higginbotham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-Collectible
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1900
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Argillite, Kentucky
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