The Gentle Reader
by Crothers, Samuel McChord
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
SGD 22.75SGD 11.37
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1903. Preface by the author. The contents provide eleven chapters. The chapter headings read: The Gentle Reader... The Enjoyment of Poetry... The Mission of Humor... Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcraft... The Honorable Points of Ignorance... That History Should be Readable... The Evolution of The Gentleman... The Hinderland of Science... The Gentle Reader's Friends Among The Clergy... Quixotism and Intimate Knowledge and Delight. Front free endpaper has been removed. Occassional brown spotting. A nicely designed binding. Floral impressed design to front board. Gilt to top edge, front board and spine remain extremely bright. A sound, square, handsome book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B241
- Title
- The Gentle Reader
- Author
- Crothers, Samuel McChord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton,Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Literary Collections-Essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Gilt Edge Books
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