Certain Delightful English Towns, with Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between

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Hardcover, slate green vertically ribbed cloth lettered in gold and red. Top edge gilt. 290 pages. Illustrated with forty-six full page plates and a frontispiece, with tissue guard intact. First edition, first printing. Howells was an American realist novelist, a playwright and a critic who also produced many charming travelogues of which this is one. Some of the English towns surveyed herein are Plymouth, Bath, Bristol, Canterbury and Shrewsbury, to name but a few. Previous owner’s name on front free end-paper. A clean, square, fresh and otherwise unmarked copy. Hinges strong and not cracked, pages supple and all illustrations present. A very nice copy. Very good+.

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Weight 2.25 lbs
Book Author

Howells, W. D. [William Dean]

Publisher

Harper & Brothers Publishers

Publish Year

Publish Place

New York

Size

8vo – over 7¾ – 9¾" tall

Book Condition

Jacket Condition

Binding Type

Hardcover

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