Black Beetles in Amber
by Bierce, Ambrose
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
San francisco, New York: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American edition. First Print. Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-6 [7] 8 [9] 10-280, original green blind stamped boards, stain to rear board. floral patterned end pages, frontispiece (portrait of the author drawn by J. H. E. Partington), Rubbing to the boards, internally clean, owner plate to verso of front board, stain to rear board. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015705
- Title
- Black Beetles in Amber
- Author
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Western Authors Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- San francisco, New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Bierce, Ambrose, FIRST EDITION,Black Beetles in Amber
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Kelleher Rare Books
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Naas, Kildare
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Glossary
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...