The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen
by Von Arnim, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Cloth on front boards bubbled, front hinge cracked, map and surrounding pages foxed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Macmillan. Good with no dust jacket; Cloth on front boards bubbled, front hinge . cracked, map and surrounding pages foxed.. 1904. Second Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering stamped on front board and spine. Fold-out color map of Rugen, an island off the German Baltic coast, which is a popular resort area. A continuation of the semi-autobiographical novels begun in the author's best-selling book "Elizabeth and Her German Garden". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29697
- Title
- The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen
- Author
- Von Arnim, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Cloth on front boards bubbled, front hinge cracked, map and surrounding pages foxed.
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Germany, Rugen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Travel and Adventure;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.