The Story of a Country Town
by E. W. Howe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good-. Author's first book. First Edition. Presumed first state without lettering below author's name on spine). Green cloth. Bookplate of Horace E. Scudder, American author and editor.
Donated to Bryn Mawr College Library by Sylvia Scudder Bowditch. Chips to front board. Chip to spine. Wear to extremities. Spine slightly slanted. Bryn Mawr College stamp on title page and first illustration. Library catalog number at bottom of spine. Rear end paper has been peeled away in a few spots. Howe's (1853-1937) self-published first novel of small town life in Midwestern American has been "recognized as a significant pioneering work of naturalistic fiction" (Oxford Companion to American Literature, p. 388. Wright 2802.
Donated to Bryn Mawr College Library by Sylvia Scudder Bowditch. Chips to front board. Chip to spine. Wear to extremities. Spine slightly slanted. Bryn Mawr College stamp on title page and first illustration. Library catalog number at bottom of spine. Rear end paper has been peeled away in a few spots. Howe's (1853-1937) self-published first novel of small town life in Midwestern American has been "recognized as a significant pioneering work of naturalistic fiction" (Oxford Companion to American Literature, p. 388. Wright 2802.
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- EGR books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3348
- Title
- The Story of a Country Town
- Author
- E. W. Howe
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Howe & Co
- Place of Publication
- Atchison, Kansas
- Date Published
- 1883
- Pages
- 226 pages
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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