The Flying Islands of the Night
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Cedar Ridge, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bobbs-Merrill, 1913. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Franklin Booth. First edition, second state, 4to, cloth over gilt illustrated boards. With 16 of Franklin Booth's gorgeous tipped-in color plates mounted on gray stock with printed borders and tissue guards. Two pen & ink images. Wear to board edges else fine, no previous owner's marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bud Plant & Hutchison Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21571
- Title
- The Flying Islands of the Night
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Illustrator
- Franklin Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Date Published
- 1913
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
Biblio member since 2006
Cedar Ridge, California
About Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
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Glossary
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- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...