Dorothy Vernon of Hadden Hall
by Major, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Macmillan, 1902. Book. Illus. by Christy, Howard Chandler. Very Good. Cloth. First American. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York, NY, Macmillan & Co., 1902. First American edition. 12mo. Light teal silk with gilt lettering and two-color and gilt artwork on spine and front board, gilt top edge on text block, frontispiece features portrait of Dorothy Vernon, illustrated with 8 plates (includes frontispiece), 369 pp. An Elizabethan romance/adventure, based on the real life events of Dorothy Vernon and John Manners, accompanied by the wonderful illustrations of Howard Chandler Christy. An interesting and exciting read! Corners slightly bumped/rubbed, faded inscription on front endpaper, foxing on the first few pages, colors and gilt on bindings still bright, text block solid, clean and appears gently read. Very good..
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- Bookseller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B0381-07
- Title
- Dorothy Vernon of Hadden Hall
- Author
- Major, Charles
- Illustrator
- Christy, Howard Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- ELIZABETHIAN ROMANCE ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction; Rare History;
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts
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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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....