Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected
by Irving, Washington
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original green gilt cloth. Spine a trifle faded, minor wear to spine ends and corners, else a Fine copy. Owner's signature ffep
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1855. First American Edition, second printing. Frontispiece, vignette title. 383 pp.; 12 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green gilt cloth. Spine a trifle faded, minor wear to spine ends and corners, else a Fine copy. Owner's signature ffep. First American Edition, second printing. Frontispiece, vignette title. 383 pp.; 12 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 10188
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- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55822
- Title
- Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece, vignette title. 383 pp.; 12 pp. publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green gilt cloth. Spine a trifle faded, minor wear to spine ends and corners, else a Fine copy. Owner's signature ffep
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, second printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- American | Washington Irving
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