The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man
por [Catharine M. Sedgwick]
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cocked, spot of insect damage at center of front hinge, musty, foxing throughout,
- Livreiro
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
NY: Harper and Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cocked, spot of insect damage . at center of front hinge, musty, foxing throughout, owner names penciled . on front free endpaper and front flyleaf.. 1837. Second Edition. Hardcover. By the Author of Hope Leslie, The Linwoods, &c. [Catharine M. Sedgwick]. Brown pebbled cloth with title stamped in gilt on spine. Measures 6 x 4 inches. 186pp. + 8pp of publisher ads. Sabin 78798. Wright 2359. BAL 17367. Catharine M. Sedgwick was a popular Massachusetts author in the first half of the 19th century, whose best-selling work was the historical novel "Hope Leslie" about the early interactions between British settlers and Native Americans in Massachusetts colony. She would be regarded today as a feminist, who chose to remain unmarried throughout her life to focus on her writing career and who wrote about women's rights in her 1857 novel "Married or Single?" In The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man, the lives of a virtuous poor family who rise in class status is contrasted with the disordered lives of a less virtuous rich family. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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- Livreiro
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 37708
- Título
- The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man
- Autor
- [Catharine M. Sedgwick]
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine cocked, spot of insect damage at center of front hinge, musty, foxing throughout,
- Edição
- Second Edition
- Editorial
- Harper and Brothers
- Local de publicação
- NY
- Data de publicação
- 1837
- Palavras-chave
- American Women Authors, 19th Century Authors, 1830s Novels, BAL
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Fiction;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
Sobre Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Spine
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- Cocked
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- BAL
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- Cloth
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
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