BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW: A Novel
by Tourgee, Albion W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, (1880).. (1880).. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt & black on the spine with vignettes in black on the front cover & in blind on the rear cover. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with small dents in the top & bottom edges of the front cover. 521 pages plus 4-page publisher's catalog with an erratum slip tipped in. The rear endpaper is lacking with some small tears to the paper of the rear pastedown. There is a short tear to the inner edge of the rear blank & small pieces out of its bottom edge. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece & a tail-piece. Despite its flaws, a very attractive, good copy. <p>Later printing from the original plates [BAL 20349].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12319
- Title
- BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW: A Novel
- Author
- Tourgee, Albion W
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, (1880).
- Date Published
- (1880).
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; ALBION W. TOURGEE; BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW; FRONTISPIECE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...