An Old Sweetheart of Mine
by Riley, James Whitcomb. Illustrated By Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations By Virginia Keep
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902. A lovely copy from 1902 of this Christy-illustrated romantic verse, with black and white plates, most accented with rose color and floral borders to the text printed in rose. Green cloth with central oval vignette containing a Christy illustation, lettered in gilt, additional decoration in light green and red, decorated endpapers, unpaginated (about 80-100 pages). Some light shelfwear, mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, clean pages free from names or other markings. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004644
- Title
- An Old Sweetheart of Mine
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb. Illustrated By Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations By Virginia Keep
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ROMANTIC VERSE HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...