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Graffiti D'Italia
de Story, William Wetmore
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good+
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Story, W. W. Graffiti D'Italia. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1868. First Edition. 8vo. 412 pp.
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Good hardcover bound in brown cloth with Story's monogram in gilt on cover, with black and gilt lines and gilt title and author on spine. There is wear and some fraying at the corners and edges. The inside hinges have cracked, but the super is holding. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Text is clean, but there are a few stray pencil marks on first and last pages.
William Wetmore Story was the son of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story of Massachusetts. After becoming a sculptor and rejecting the law, WW Story moved to Italy. A contemporary of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Brownings, Story wrote the poems in this volume as dramatic pieces in the voice of historical personages or fictitious characters.
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Good hardcover bound in brown cloth with Story's monogram in gilt on cover, with black and gilt lines and gilt title and author on spine. There is wear and some fraying at the corners and edges. The inside hinges have cracked, but the super is holding. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Text is clean, but there are a few stray pencil marks on first and last pages.
William Wetmore Story was the son of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story of Massachusetts. After becoming a sculptor and rejecting the law, WW Story moved to Italy. A contemporary of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Brownings, Story wrote the poems in this volume as dramatic pieces in the voice of historical personages or fictitious characters.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9931
- Título
- Graffiti D'Italia
- Autor
- Story, William Wetmore
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Brown cloth with black and gilt decoration
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1868
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- poetry, nineteenth century, expatriate
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Poetry;
- Size
- 13X18 cm
Términos de venta
Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
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Sobre el vendedor
Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA
Backstory is a general used book store in Portland, Oregon. We do specialize in African American, nautical, and craft/textile books. And we buy and sell yarn in our IRL shop. Proud member of the Cascade Booksellers Association.
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