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Monmouth. A Tragedy
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928. "Monmouth" was written in 1868 "in the style of Swinburne" and is the only survivor of Stevenson's collegiate efforts. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which was LIMITED to 250 copies. Red patterned paper covers, with a black cloth spine titled in gilt. Clean text; 75 pages; with a four-page synopsis that is unpaginated; all unopened. Introduction and Notes by Charles Vale. A small sticker on the front paste-down identifies this book as from the collection of Walter L. Pforzheimer (1914-2003), a noted bibliophile who in his spare time founded the Central Intelligence Agency. There is a tiny bump to one corner; else a Fine copy. The plain vellum dustjacket is present, suffering from a darkened spine and chipping at the edges. In an archival plastic protector.. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006281
- Title
- Monmouth. A Tragedy
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre/Drama;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
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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- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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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