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Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
by Service, Robert W
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Toronto: William Briggs, 1912. No dustwrapper. This is the Illustrated edition published by William Briggs, Toronto in 1912. The rev of title page has ''Copyright Canada 1912 by Robert W Service'' and below that ''Copyright 1912 by Dodd, Mead & Company''. Title page has ''Toronto, William Briggs, 1912''. Some wear to the spine ends, and to a lesser extent to the corners of the green cloth-covered boards, but gilt titles on spine and front board are still bright, also the b&w picture of a man in a canoe fixed in the middle of front board. Binding has started to split at pp 32-33, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover collection of poems by the author of ''The Shooting of Dan McGrew''. 195pp, 15 b&w illustrations, all with their original tissue overlays.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005194
- Title
- Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
- Author
- Service, Robert W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Poems, Canada,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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