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The Knighting of the Twins and Ten Other Tales
by Fitch, Clyde
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Author's first book. Published Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. 8vo., 5 3/4" x 7 7/8", 275pp., illustrated with drawings by Virginia Gerson. Gray cloth with gilt titles and pale red roses. Slight soil spotting to front cover, spine a bit dulled, name on fly leaf, else near fine, clean, bright, crisp. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005761
- Title
- The Knighting of the Twins and Ten Other Tales
- Author
- Fitch, Clyde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
The Wild Muse
Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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...
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