WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIXTEEN
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
mansfield, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bobbs Merrill. Indianapolis, 1911 Book size about 7 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches with unnumbered pages. Bound in olive green cloth with pale green spine lettering and full front cover color illustrated paste-on with deeply impressed gilt lettering. Printed on thick heavy coated paper. Illustrated with full page drawings on every other page by Howard Chandler Christy. One of those beautiful books published for the gift market in that era. Damp mark on the rear cover; slight wear. A clean and unmarked book. NEAR FINE. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- the book scot (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17110
- Title
- WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIXTEEN
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bobbs Merrill. Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY
- Bookseller catalogs
- GIFT;
Terms of Sale
the book scot
All books are guaranteed to be as described and are returnable for any reason if not satisfied. Books will be shipped by Media Mail or Priority Mail at your choice.
About the Seller
the book scot
Biblio member since 2006
mansfield, Missouri
About the book scot
I am a general line dealer with a specialty in books about Scotland and by Scots.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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