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A Venture in 1777 / by S. Weir Mitchell author of Hugh Wynne, Mr. Kris Kringle etc.
LIBRA PS2414 .V4 1908
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Fiction.
- Pennsylvania.
- History.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 (autograph)
- Johnson, Sarah A. (donor) (PS2414.V4)
- Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 (previous owner) (PS2414.V4)
- Physical Description:
- 120, [4] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : George W. Jacobs & Company Publishers, [1908]
- Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter I. In Which Captain Verney Receives a Map
- Chapter II. In Which the Venture Is Made
- Chapter III. In Which the Venture Succeeds
- Chapter IV. In Which Tom is Made a Colonel.
- Notes:
- "Copyright, 1908 by George W. Jacobs & Company. Published September, 1908"--Title page verso.
- Title page printed in black and blue with blue marginal illustrations.
- Local Notes:
- BAL binding A: Yellow buckram, stamped in gold and colors.
- PS2414.V4: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Sarah A. Johnson 2019 has yellow textured cloth boards with front cover illustration of candle stamped in brown, green, gold and white. Dust jacket is retained and text has uncut leaves.
- Cited in:
- BAL 14247
- OCLC:
- 1215722
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