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The Mischief Maker
by Oppenheim, E. Phillips
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A.L. Burt Company Publishers, 1913. First published in 1912 by Little, brown. This is a Near Fine copy of a reprinted edition from one year later. [Stated "Published , March, 1913" and "Reprinted, March, 2013."] Considering two immediate reprintings, this is an oddly scarce title in the author's huge list of works. Blue cloth binding with titling in white on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 312 pages, with four pages of adverts in the rear. Frontis illustration and three others within by Hanson Booth. Previous-owner signature on the FFEP. White titling on the spine is a bit rubbed; else Fine. Present is the scarce dustjacket, which has some light chipping on the front cover and the margins of the spine, and a larger one on the rear panel. In an archival plastic protector.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Hanson Booth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006557
- Title
- The Mischief Maker
- Author
- Oppenheim, E. Phillips
- Illustrator
- Hanson Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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