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Peter Ibbetson
by DU MAURIER, George
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Rocky River, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Large octavo, 2 volumes. Grey cloth, stamped in brown and black, indicating the first state binding. A good set only, bright and clean internally, but with wear to the corners and spine ends. Inner hinges tender, but intact, save for a partial crack at the rear hinge in volume I. 1940 gift inscription on the front free endpaper of volume I. This copy SIGNED by George du Maurier on the half-title of volume I, and especially uncommon thus; he died four years after publication, and the only copies we've seen offered for sale described as "signed" were in fact unsigned copies with laid-in signatures. As such, while wanting in terms of external condition, a set to be prized for its autograph. A century-old bookseller's description is laid-in, and while it appears to describe this very set, a later owner certainly neglected it, which accounts for the difference in condition, and someone at some point absconded with the "cloth folding case.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cleveland Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11488
- Title
- Peter Ibbetson
- Author
- DU MAURIER, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- English literature, French literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Cleveland Book Company
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. All books in my inventory are authenticated and described to the industry's highest standard of professionalism. Payment should accompany order if you are a new customer. Current customers will be invoiced with payment due in 30 days. Institutions billed per their requirements. ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE. Books sent via US Postal Service unless other arrangements are requested. INTERNATIONAL PURCHASES WILL BE SHIPPED AT THE EXACT COST. NOTE: USPS NO LONGER SHIPS SURFACE MAIL TO OVERSEAS. Where possible, we will ship GLOBAL PRIORITY, minimum charge of $23.95, maximum weight 4 pounds. For packages over 4 pounds, you will be contacted with exact charges. Ohio residents please add 5.75% sales tax. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER, and AMERICAN EXPRESS.
About the Seller
Cleveland Book Company
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Rocky River, Ohio
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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
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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....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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