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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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, New York
Date Published: 1884
Description: Good. No dust jacket. No marks on dustjacket, cover or pages. Text and pages in very good condition. xiv, 486 p. : ill.; 18 cm. Includes Illustrations. read more
Description: Good. Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, NY, 1884. Black Cloth Hard Cover; Good/no dust jacket. In good shape for its age, text is clean with light tanning, binding solid, some wrinkling of pages, some shelf wear to covers. 479 pp. Helps support Christian Homeschooling. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, NY
Date Published: 1884
Description: Poor. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. HC: spine is torn loose from the binding, rubbed, scuffed, corners & spine are very bumped & worn, read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1902
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 479 Pages; Volume One; Has black and white plate on front endpaper; Textblock is tight and bright with no marginalia. Dark blue boards with gold title to spine. Has modest shelf and edge wear with some shelf rubbing and bumping to corners; . A delightful story with the characters not wholly the "creation of fancy" states the author. Designed to bring the reader in touch with nature as you enjoy the unfolding story. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son Company, New York
Date Published: 1884
Description: Good. No Jacket. ` 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover bumped and scuffed and pulled loose at inside gutter. Pages are browning. name of previous owmer stamped in book. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York
Description: Gibson, W. Hamilton and Dielman, F. Good+ No Jacket. Signed by Previous Owner Very good book except for bottom spine strip (1/4") missing, corner's bumped. Text near fine. Two previous owner's names, inside cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son
Date Published: 1902
Description: Very Good. Normal usage and wear both inside and out for a book its age. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean but pages are somewhat yellowed with age. Corners and edges slightly rubbed and bumped. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, N. Y.
Date Published: 1884
Description: Very Good + No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Red and black design on green boards with gilt background under lettering on spine, PO name and date in pencil on front pastedown otherwise unmarked. read more
Binding: Decorative Boards
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York
Date Published: 1884
Description: W. Hamilton Gibson & F. Dielman. Fair-Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Victorian story set in the Hudson River Valley. A handsome volume with green & red boards with Victorian designs. Nicely illustrated. Several pages are ripped, pages brown and brittle with edge. Minor scuffs and stains to the boards, boards loose. Libary sticker on inside front cover. read more
Description: Illustr. by W. Hamilton Gibson & F. Dielman. Harper Bros., NY 1885 (c.1884), 8vo. 430pp. +2pp. ads. lovely gilt decorated cloth, somewhat soiled, contents slightly yellowed, VG-$ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
Date Published: 1885
Description: W Hamilton Gibson and F Dielman. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Let Nature be Your Teacher" Green & Brown decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Light shelfwear with bumped corners and spine edges. Gilt top page edge. Dark brown endpapers. Profusely illustrated. 430 pp with one additional advertising page. First few pages very lightly foxed, otherwise interior pages clean. Binding quite sound. From the preface: "If this book tends to bring others into ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 1885
Description: Very Good. Very light wear to boards. Beautiful edition with gilt page edges and gilding to spine and boards. Frontis, tissue guard and dozens of illustrations by W. Gibson and F. Dielman. Incredibly well-preserved copy. read more
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