Chivalry
by Cabell, James Branch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper, 1909 First edition. Published October 1909 on copyright page. First book about the mythical medieval French province of Poictesme. 10 chapters. Nine of the 12 beautiful colored plates are from the wonderful paintings of Howard Pyle. 8vo 9" tall. xii, 224 pages. Red cloth stamped in green, white and gilt. Top edges gilt - foredges and bottom edges uncut. Marbled endpapers. Front endpaper beginning to split in crease. Binding is tight. Owner's signature on prelim. Some wear at corners and spine ends. Much of the white on cover is missing. no jacket as isssued. Good tight copy of a romantic book with a highly decorative binding..
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- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11732
- Title
- Chivalry
- Author
- Cabell, James Branch
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- Romantic novel , France, Decorative bindings
- Bookseller catalogs
- General #1;
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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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...
- Copyright page
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- Cloth
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