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The Flying Islands of the Night
by RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bowen-Merrill Co, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback 1892 First Edition. The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Cover of burgundy cloth on top and tan cloth on lower portion, still bright and sharp gilt titles to front and to spine, sewn binding is tight, solid and square. Clean and unmarked with light wear to corners and some edges Pencil notation to upper corner of front endpaper. Cream quality paper pages completely clean and unmarked, no creases, no tears. 88 pages.5 x 7.5 inches. 1892, The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Indiana
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026691
- Title
- The Flying Islands of the Night
- Author
- RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY POETS
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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