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Thelma : a Norwegian princess / by Marie Corelli, author of "A romance of two worlds," "Wormwood," etc

Author
Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924
Published
New York : A.L. Burt, [1898]
Edition
[Cornell series edition].
Physical Description
520 page ; 20 cm
Additional Creators
A.L. Burt Company

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Series
Contents
The land of the midnight sun -- The land of mockery -- The land of the long shadow.
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Collection
Penn State Authors Collection.
Note
Date of publication based on Cornell series title list in publisher's catalog in 1898 Publishers' trade list annual.
Series title from spine.
Publisher's name reads "A.L Burt Company, Publishers" on copies issued after A.L. Burt formally incorporated in 1902.
Originally published in three volumes: London : Richard Bentley and Son, 1887.
"A.L. Burt's catalogue of books for young people by popular writers.... Books for girls" (8 pages) at end.
Some later copies issued without publisher's full street address on title-page and without catalog at end.
Rare Books copy 1: issued 1902 or later ("A.L. Burt Company, Publishers" name on title-page); in publisher's original uniform dark green cloth; "52-58 Duane Street" address on title-page; top edge gilt; no dust jacket; owner's inscription in brown ink on front free endpaper: "Dorothea Rothfuss, Sept 5, 1908."
Rare Books copy 2: variant issue (1902 or later): no street address on title-page, no catalog at end, no top edge gilt; no dust jacket.
Rare Books copy 3: (COPY 3 TRANSFERRED TO RECORD FOR DIFFERENT EDITION -- See Item ID: 000080585770 )
Rare Books copy 4: variant issue (in publisher's decorated gold cloth with repeating vine and pole pattern stamped in blue on cover); IMPERFECT: wanting title-page and preliminary pages; no dust jacket; "A.L. Burt Company" on spine; book label: "From the library of R.W.J. Carueth, M.D., Toronto" on front pastedown; 8 blank pages at end with double-leaf magazine clipping of color artwork by Rockwell Kent depicting figures in a mythological landscape with large rainbow dated 1919 pasted in; color magazine clipping of ship captain's cabin pasted in on page 520 below text.
Binding Information
Publisher's uniform series binding in dark green cloth with border stamped in blind on front and back cover; lettered in gilt on spine; top edge gilt. Penn State also has variant copy without top edge gilt.
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copies 1-2, 4: Purchased from David Mason books; 2016.
Related Materials
Marie Corelli collection, 1844-1934 (9916); Located at: Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
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