Truth and Fancy: Tales Legendary, Historic, and Descriptive

Published by C. Sherman, Printer, Philadelphia, PA, 1850

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Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.Saucony Book Shop

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Olive cloth, decorated in blind, spine panel lettered in gilt. Binding lean with typical rubbing/soiling to covers, chipped with minor loss at spine extremities. Tanned text block edges. x,11-303 pp. Presentation book plate mounted inside front cover. Foxed endpapers, foxing scattered through interior, generally light. Very scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Title
Truth and Fancy: Tales Legendary, Historic, and Descriptive
Author
Windle, Mary J.
Publisher
C. Sherman, Printer, Philadelphia, PA
Publication year
1850
Condition
Good
Book Type
Book
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition.
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Literature: Novels/Stories, Drama, Modern 1sts

Saucony Book Shop

Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.

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The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. Hours by appointment or chance April through October, closed winters. Do drop by and browse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. If traveling from a distance, please call ahead to be sure that we're not off at another auction! Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel.

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Pennsylvaniana, Pennsylvania German folklore, culture, dialect, New England history, Mid-Atlantic history: New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Americana and regional history, Native Americana, Western Americana, Art & Architecture, Folk Art, History of Printing and Publishing/Books About Books

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