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Episodes in Van Bibber's Life, by Richard Harding Davis 1899 HB

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Episodes in Van Bibber's Life, by Richard Harding Davis 1899 HB Episodes in Van Bibber's Life, by Richard Harding Davis 1899 HB

SYNOPSIS: 98 pages, plus page of advertising for "Little Books By Famous Writers" 

From "Little Books By Famous Writers" Uniform Series.  From first page: "It was at the end of the first act of the first night of "The Sultana," and every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down to the wardrobe woman's son, who would have had to work if his mother lost her place, was sick with anxiety. There is perhaps only one other place as feverish as it is behind the scenes on the first night of a comic opera, and that is a newspaper office on the last night of a Presidential campaign, hence the returns are being flashed on the canvas outside, and the mob is howling, and the editor-in-chief is expecting to go to the Court of St. James if the election comes his way, and the office-boy is betting his wages that it won't."

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1899.

Format: Hardback. No dust jacket.

Condition: In Very Good condition. Very small blue book with silver lettering on the cover and blue gilt at upper edges. 3 3/8"w x 6 3/8"h. Illustrated frontispiece. Pages very age yellowed. Untrimmed right and lower page edges. Occasional soiling, moisture staining, slightly tilted with upper cover overhanging lower cover very slightly. Glue gilt at upper edges is faded. No markings, tears, or flaws noted. Binding beginning to split at covers with binding mesh showing, but all pages still tightly bound and intact. Quite scarce in this format. Photos illustrate condition.

See Grading Scale page for explanation of grades. Photos of any obvious condition issues will be provided.

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