Little Classics: Exile, Intellect, Tragedy, Life, Laughter, Love, Romance, Mystery, Comedy, Childhood, Heroism, Fortune, Narrative and Lyrical Poems, Minor Poems, and Authors [Sixteen volume set bound in Eight]
Rossiter Johnson [ed.]; Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Maria Edgeworth, Herman Melville et al. [contribs.]
Published by Houghton, Osgood, and Company, Boston, 1879
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2009
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 450.00
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Boston: Houghton, Osgood, and Company, 1879. First Thus. Sixteen volumes bound in eight octavos; uniform purple half calf over marbled paper covered boards; gilt decoration to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. Mild rubbing to edges; spines a trifle sunned; a few scuffs and scrapes; bindings sound and pages unmarked; overall a Very good or better, handsomely bound set. Includes Dickens' A Christmas Carol, The Gold-Bug by Poe, and "The Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge among many, many others.
Seller Inventory # 48971
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Little Classics: Exile, Intellect, Tragedy, Life, Laughter, Love, Romance, Mystery, Comedy, Childhood, Heroism, Fortune, Narrative and Lyrical Poems, Minor Poems, and Authors [Sixteen volume set bound in Eight]
- Author
- Rossiter Johnson [ed.]; Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Maria Edgeworth, Herman Melville et al. [contribs.]
- Publisher
- Houghton, Osgood, and Company, Boston
- Publication year
- 1879
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 11 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- 19th Century, Fiction, Poetry
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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We are a neighborhood independent bookstore in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood, across from Eastern Market.
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Modern and First Editions, Used & Rare Books, Military HistoryAssociation member
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Hecatomb Holdings, LLC
657 C Street, SE
Washington, DC U.S.A. 20003
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