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Emily's Quest
by Montgomery, L. M
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. 310pp. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt to spine; illustrated panel to front board. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown with some offsetting to ffep, else internally tight and clean. A particularly nice copy. With colour frontis. near fine The American first released simultaneously with the McClelland & Stewart edition in Canada. Printed from the same publisher's imprint, the only difference being the title page, which bears Stokes' device. Lechowick p. 90. Russell 492. 1927
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127553
- Title
- Emily's Quest
- Author
- Montgomery, L. M
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Canadian Fiction|Anne of Green Gables|Canadian Author|Emily of New Moon|L.M. Montgomery
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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