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The Kingdom of the Pearl, illustrated by Edmund Dulac
by Rosenthal, Leonard; Edmund Dulac, illustrations
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/fair
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine/fair. American issue, no date but c. 1920, no. 387 of 675 copies, quarto, white cloth-backed pictorial gray boards in pictorial dust jacket, gilt titled on spine, pearl-gray endpapers, 151 pp, 10 mounted plates by Dulac. Book is nearly fine, very bright and crisp, owner's bookplate on both front and rear flyleaves, name sticker on front pastedown, lightest rubbing to corners, spine particularly bright and white, dust jacket fair to good only, with only 25 percent of spine paper left, some light edge chipping to front and rear panels of jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H1540
- Title
- The Kingdom of the Pearl, illustrated by Edmund Dulac
- Author
- Rosenthal, Leonard; Edmund Dulac, illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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