IN THE ORIGINAL 1900 DUST-JACKET. The Increasing Purpose.
by Allen, James Lane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900., 1900. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [11], 4-297, [3] catalogue. Publishers' maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and leaf design to upper board, in pale green dust-jacket. Spine tips rubbed with very minor wear; endpapers lightly foxed otherwise contents clean, no annotation or inscriptions. Dust-jacket toned to spine with 1-inch tear top of lower fold and minor loss head of spine. A Very Good copy in like dust-jacket. American novel featuring the growth of hemp, by the Kentucky author (1849-1925) best known for works set in his native state. A relatively scarce novel in the extremely rare dust-jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7327
- Title
- IN THE ORIGINAL 1900 DUST-JACKET. The Increasing Purpose.
- Author
- Allen, James Lane
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Fiction
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
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Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Glossary
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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