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The Highwayman
by Noyes, Alfred; Riswold, Gilbert (Illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Riswold, Gilbert. Noyes' classic poem of haunted romance from 1906 is brought to new life by the purple-toned water color drawings of children's book illustrator Gilbert Riswold. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1969, this oblong hardcover 8vo has textured pink-purple cloth-covered boards lettered in bright white to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: virtually flawless save for small vertical tear descending from top edge of ffep. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine: colorful with mild rubbing to extremities. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022163
- Title
- The Highwayman
- Author
- Noyes, Alfred; Riswold, Gilbert (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Riswold, Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- LOVERS HORSE RIDING POEM POETRY GHOSTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Fiction; Nonfiction; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Children-Young Adult (YA): Literature; Poetry";
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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