QUALITY STREET: A Comedy in Four Acts
by Barrie, J.M.; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good plus
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good plus. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thick quarto. 198pp. Ltd ed 129/1000, signed by Thomson. 22 tipped-in colour plates with titled tissue-guards. Vellum covers with extensive gilt decoration are mildly darkened at edges and spine Lacks ties. Evidence of poor storage, endpapers are a little bubbly and have some silverfish damage. Text block edges and page edges are toned. Covers slightly bowed. Still a presentable copy with charming illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50717
- Title
- QUALITY STREET: A Comedy in Four Acts
- Author
- Barrie, J.M.; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
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Lost Horizon Bookstore
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Vellum
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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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...