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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
by John Fox, Jr
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. F. C. Yohn. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First Edition, with Scribner's seal and "laugh" for "lap" error on p. 61 as called for, but with ads on verso of half title as in later states of first edition or later printings. Octavo; [x] + 404pp. Eight B&W illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, all present.
Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Spine significantly cocked, with spine ends scuffed and frayed. Covers lightly bumped at corners with a few scuffs to face and a bit of fading at top back. Covers open shakily and book falls open easily to between gatherings, rear hinge paper cracked, but binding still holding. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1904 on front free endpaper; pages unmarked.
Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Spine significantly cocked, with spine ends scuffed and frayed. Covers lightly bumped at corners with a few scuffs to face and a bit of fading at top back. Covers open shakily and book falls open easily to between gatherings, rear hinge paper cracked, but binding still holding. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1904 on front free endpaper; pages unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7366
- Title
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
- Author
- John Fox, Jr
- Illustrator
- F. C. Yohn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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