Toronto: William Briggs, 1912. Undetermined. near fine. 2nd Canadian Edition (first illustrated edition). [6], 195 pp + 15 platespp. Octavo. Green cloth with gold stamped lettering on spine and front cover. With an oval green and white image of Service in his canoe on front cover. Slight bumping to ends of spine and corners. Top edge gilt, long outer edge untrimmed and bottom edge trimmed roughly. With 15 B/W plates (including frontis). Annotated tissue guards. Previous owners name on front free endpaper and short note by previous owner on back endpapers. Some light stains within the text block, else it is clean and bright. A very nice copy. near fine A4 b. (pp. 94) in Mitham. The written contents of the book are same as the first Canadian edition with the addition of illustrated plates. There is also a variant binding in green suede with gold stamping. This is Service's third book of poems. 1912

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 132613
Title: Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
Author: Service, Robert W
Format/Binding: Undetermined
Book Condition: Used - near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: William Briggs
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1912
Keywords: Poetry|Canadian Poetry|Robert W. Service|Canadian Lit|Poems|Yukon|Candian Lit.|Robert Service|Robert W Service|Can Lit|Canadian Author|Canadian Poems|Canadian Poet|Klondike

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Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....