FISHERMAN'S LUCK
by Dyke, Henry Van
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Essays by Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) a well known American author, educator, and clergyman. 247 pp. 13 full page illustrations. Olive green covers. Gilt lettering and design on front cover. top edge gilt. Soiling to covers and spine. Spine faded. Overall covers are Good. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Foxing to verso of frontis. Otherwise text is tight,clean and VG. Henry Van Dyke was appointed Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913 by President Wilson.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by 13 Full Page Illustrations. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Fishing.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002111
- Title
- FISHERMAN'S LUCK
- Author
- Dyke, Henry Van
- Illustrator
- 13 Full Page Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Fishing Essays, Henry Van Dyke, Fishing,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fishing;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"
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About the Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
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