THE LOST STRADIVARIUS
by Falkner, J[ohn] Meade
- Used
- Condition
- Leather edges rubbed, chipping and loss to spine edges, a good to very good copy. Appleton's Town and Country Library did at lea
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. First U. S. edition. Leather edges rubbed, chipping and loss to spine edges, a good to very good copy. Appleton's Town and Country Library did at least one other title is this format. This edition omits the ads in the rear present in the cloth edition. (28930). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-239 [240-244: blank] original three-quarter leather and marbled boards, ruled, tooled, and lettered in gold. "A sophisticated supernatural novel..." "One of the 19th century classics." - Bleiler-Guide to Supernatural Literature #621. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 2-27.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28930
- Title
- THE LOST STRADIVARIUS
- Author
- Falkner, J[ohn] Meade
- Book Condition
- Used - Leather edges rubbed, chipping and loss to spine edges, a good to very good copy. Appleton's Town and Country Library did at lea
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Chipping
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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....