Unless you request otherwise, I will wrap the book in plastic wrap to help protect it from the elements, create a custom-made cardboard box to ship it in, and send via Media Mail with Delivery Confirmation tracking. Generally sent the same day payment arrives. No ownership names or other markings found. The boards are nice and pages are in great condition with some “speckles” on the top edges of closed book. In very good condition with lighter storage on the good dust jacket which includes two 1/8″ edge tears. This hardcover book measures about 8-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ and has 420 numbered pages. Large Print Edition from Doubleday Direct with 1997 copyright and ISBN 1-56865-374-3. The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas. Unexpectedly married to the man considered the catch of her hometown, a young woman finds herself traveling via covered wagon to Colorado in search of a new start, with only her reticent husband and her personal journal to keep her company.
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