Their First Formal Call
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1906
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since May 3, 2004
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 49.98
Quantity: 1 available
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55 pgs. Red cloth ruled in blind and gilt, with gilt titles, pastedown title and illustration to upper cover, small hole in cloth of lower cover, occasional foxing but overall and attractive copy. Two young boys fumble their way through a social call on a young female neighbor. 14 b&w plates by Peter Newell. The author, Grace MacGown Cooke was a popular writer and free-thinker, associated with Upton Sinclair's Helicon Home Colony and later moved to an art colony in Carmel, CA where she lived with her sister. Cooke's cove was named for them and their home is on the California list of Historic Homes as it was designed by one of California's first female architects, Eugenia Maybury. Size: 8vo.
Seller Inventory # 010479
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Their First Formal Call
- Author
- Newell, Peter (Illus); Cooke, Grace macGowan (Auth)
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, New York
- Publication year
- 1906
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Pictorial Cover
- Illustrator
- Peter Newell
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Illustrated Books
E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA
Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
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Rare and collectible children's books and fine illustrated books. Catalogs issued. Frequently exhibit at antiquarian bookfairs in the Northeast US. We carefully research and describe our books and have high standards for condition. We do our best to mention any flaws and rarely carry ex-library copies, on the rare chance that we do, it will be mentioned in the book description. We do not drop ship or blind ship, all packages will be marked and include branded labels and material.
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E M Maurice Books, LLC
358 Ledge Dr
Torrington, CT U.S.A. 06790
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