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Jennie Baxter Journalist
by Barr, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. Canadian Robert Barr (1849-1912) emigrated to England in 1881 and established himself as a popular mystery novelist and friend to the lierati of the day (he was chosen to complete Stephen Crane's novel "The O'Ruddy"when Crane died) This is one of his most interesting works, featuring a "woman sleuth" who gets involved with diamonds, government secrets, and a princess. Listed in Hubin [p. 24], this is an important book in the development of the mystery genre. This is a Very Good copy of the First AmericanTrade Edition [it was also issued in a printing signed by the author]. Gray cloth binding illustrated with the intrepid journalist at work at her desk, printed in maroon, yellow, and black. Titling in black on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 337 pages. Illustrated with a frontis illustration and five others within. There is a tiny bookplate on the FFEP. Lightly rubbed, but with the spine and fore-edge have darkened. This is a solid copy; however, the frontis illustration is present but has come loose. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006448
- Title
- Jennie Baxter Journalist
- Author
- Barr, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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...
- FFEP
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...