The Gentleman from Indiana
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Doubleday & McClure Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Green textured cloth stamped in red/yellow, titled in gilt and red, dark topstain. First edition, second state, with all first state points (Russo and Sullivan) but the corn on spine points down. Inscribed by Tarkington to the ffep, with date. Edges mildly rubbed, slightly cocked, lacking the DJ. Tarkington's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21051
- Title
- The Gentleman from Indiana
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & McClure Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1899
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- 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...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...