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The Market-place
by Frederic, Harold
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1899. Book. Illus. by Harrison Fisher, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Lovely decorated American trade binding - signed binding (monogram "S" in a box on cover). Beige cloth boards with black, red, gray and gold pictoral cover shows woman and cherub with a pile of gold coins. Black, red and gold decorated spine with red lettering. Very light general soiling to rear board. Binding is tight and square. Tiny spots of wear to base of spine. Gorgeous old custom bookplate on front pastedown, with neatly penned name and date (1899) at top edge of front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout by Harrison Fisher. Soft vertical crease to first few pages. 401 pages. First edition, with Copyright, 1899 on copyright page and no mention of further printings on title page or copyright page. A novel about the complexities of capitalism in the late 19th century, by a Utica, New York author.it was a best-seller in its time..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034456
- Title
- The Market-place
- Author
- Frederic, Harold
- Illustrator
- Harrison Fisher, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB, HARRISON FISHER, HAROLD FREDERIC, NOVEL, FICTION, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED F. BERKELEY SMITH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorated American Trade Binding; DATB;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Copyright page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Title Page
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