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The Christmas Wreck: Available Copies
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The Christmas Wreck and Other Stories. by Stockton, Frank R.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $11.60
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TOTAL Cost: $24.10
THE CHRISTMAS WRECK AND OTHER STORIES, Scribners, 1887, some wear and cloth loss to the spine extremities, else a vg copy.
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The Christmas Wreck: And Other Stories by Frank R. Stockton
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Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons ()
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage (Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $27.00
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Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear to cover boards. Minor loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Christmas Wreck and Other Stories, The by Stockton, Frank R.
Hardcover
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Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1887)
Seller: Beautiful Tomes (Moscow, ID, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $30.00
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Light brown covers with gold and black printing and design; spine edges are fraying; corners are rubbed. 242 pp. plus advertisements; foxing and browning; tears and wrinkles on some pages.
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The Christmas wreck : and other stories / by Frank R. Stockton. 1897 [LeatherBound] by Frank R Stockton
Hardcover
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Publisher: (2025)
Seller: S N Books World (Delhi, India) New Book
Book Price: $34.49
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BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 264. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1897 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 264
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The Christmas wreck : and other stories / by Frank R. Stockton 1910 [LeatherBound] by Frank R Stockton
Hardcover
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Publisher: (2025)
Seller: S N Books World (Delhi, India) New Book
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BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 260. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1910 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 260
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The Christmas Wreck and Other Stories. by Stockton, Frank R.
Hardcover
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Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1887)
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $35.00
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TOTAL Cost: $45.00
8vo., 242 pp., Very Good, Green Cloth, with minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; some staining in text block, on end papers & edges of text block; some pencil scribbles on end papers; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; previous owner's signature on FFEP. Mylar Jacket.
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STOCKTON'S STORIES: SECOND SERIES. THE CHRISTMAS WRECK AND OTHER STORIES by Stockton, Frank R[ichard]
Hardcover
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Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1886)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $45.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $52.00
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-ii] iii [iv] 1-242 [243-250: ads] [251-252: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g. First edition, first printing. Mixed collection of short fiction including two fantastic tales, "A Tale of Negative Gravity" and "A Borrowed Month." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1538. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2103. Bleiler (1978), p. 187. BAL 18885. Wright (III) 5252. Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, a bright, very good or better copy. (#95089)
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Stockton's Stories: Second Series. The Christmas Wreck. And Other Stories. by Stockton, Frank R.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1886)
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $45.00
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TOTAL Cost: $55.00
8vo., 242 pp., Very Good, Green Cloth, minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; some staining on end papers & edges of text block; text block slightly yellowed; pencil scribbles on end papers; slight splitting along gutter inside front set of end papers; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle. Mylar Jacket. First Edition.
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