Behind the Arras. A Book of the Unseen
by Carman, Bliss
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Pp. 102. Original green paper boards with floral decoration stamped in green to the front board and rear, with titles in green. With designs by T. B. Meteyard, in black and white. Bookplate Annie Edgerly Thayer, and a name rubbed away from the front endpaper. A little foxed to the endpaper gutters, corners a little bumped and worn, with scuffs to the spine and a short closed tear around the spine head, still a very good and clean copy of a very attractive book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47497
- Title
- Behind the Arras. A Book of the Unseen
- Author
- Carman, Bliss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lamson, Wolffe, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...