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The Reign of Law: a Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields
by Allen, James Lane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: MacMillan. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Original decorative red cloth/gilt, TEG. First edition, first state with the number "8" missing from the list of illustrations. Spine sunned and rubbed, few stains to rear board, points worn/exposed. Inscribed to the ffep by Allen to his friend Miss Sarah Barnwell Elliott, American novelist and advocate of women's rights. Papers split at hinges, but they are holding; rear hinge slightly loose. Of note because the boards are decorated with a marijuana leaf motif, the first use on a book. The scarce DJ is slightly sunned to spine, chipped at edges with shallow losses, split down the middle of the spine, and tape reinforced to verso, with creasing to edges.. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 385+ pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37845
- Title
- The Reign of Law: a Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields
- Author
- Allen, James Lane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1900
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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