About this title: Reverend Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was an American novelist born in Moodna, Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 he became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S. V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he moved to Cornwall-on-the- Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured ...
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Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, and Co., New York
Date Published: 1892
Description: B&W Illustrations. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Used Spine tips heavily chipped, corners well rubbed, scuffing to boards, front inner hinge breaking. read more
Description: HB, Dodd, Mead & Co., (1878), brown cloth embossed decorative covers fraying head & foot, bit bumped-corners wearing through, some spine slant, o. s fep. Good. read more
Edition: Early Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ward, Lock and Co. [ca. 1880], London
Description: Illustrated by Frontis. Good-/No Jacket. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall Used good-in pict. cloth (needs re-casing, spine and hinges split) 8vo 464pp Tear to frontis w/loss at inner margin, tear to title. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, NY
Date Published: 1878
Description: Good- 8vo. HC: spine cover is missing, rubbed, scuffed, soiled, corners & spine are bumped & worn, front & back board are loose. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son, New York
Date Published: 1878
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 6X8. Tightly bound-==Clean pages-==No writing or marks in book-==Book has light general wear & slight corner bumping-==Little browning of pages-==521 pages. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ward Lock & Co., London
Date Published: N.D.
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket. 464 pages; Illustrated cloth covered boards have some soiling, shelfwear to edges and corners, pages yellowed. Back hinge started. Front board has been bent, leaving a tear on inner surface, a little shaken. Pencil marks on BFEP. The book is undated but a gift notation gives the date as February 18th 1902. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collier & Son
Date Published: 1878
Description: Very Good. Blue boards. Binding is tight and square. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Text is clean and bright. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier and Son, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1878
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Very Good, Hardback, No Dust Jacket, rubbed, 521 page, back endpage torn, sticker remains on back pasted down endpage. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son, New York
Date Published: 1878
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 521pp; Copyright date 1878, print date unknown; Book is in excellent condition, but has collected dust along the top due to many years of storage; Pages and binding are all very tight; Navy blue boards with an embossed "R" on the front that have some spotted discoloration; Minor spots rubbed off the top edge of the cover as well; Pages are browning but have very little foxing; Shipped Weight: 1-2 pounds. Category: Fiction Classic & Modern ... read more
Description: Acceptable. Hardcover. Hardcover 1878 Dodd, Mead, and Co. Fair condition: hinges broken so covers are loose (now partially reinforced with archival paper tape); first front endpaper missing; foxing and light dampstains to many pages; age-tanning to pages; cover corners and edges worn and frayed. NO DUSTJACKET. Text clean and unmarked. Good for reading / research only. Small antique label inside front cover for Frank L. Norton, Pharmacist and Bookseller, Delhi, NY. Decorative boards still very ... read more
Description: Good; Collectible. 1878 hardcover. 1878 Dodd, Mead. Name inscription from 1892 in lite pencil. Pages clean, no spotting. Binding intact, book and cover complete. Some wear, not bad for 1878. Email any inquiries. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ward Lock and Bowden
Date Published: N.D.
Description: Fair. Undated hardcover. Pages are good but there is some foxing/few stains. Antique-cut edges. Cracked front hinge, rear hinge has been sellotaped. Red boards with beautiful and stunning green and silver lily design on the front boards, decorated spine. Some loss to cloth surface at head of spine. No dust jacket. First class daily dispatch from Devon. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co, London
Date Published: 1881
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Circa 1881. Closed tear on edge of spine. Cracked front inside hiinge. Slightly sunfaded on spine. Small indentation on front cover. read more
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