The Road to London
by Foster, David Skaats
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York & London: The Franklin Book Co.l. Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 335 pp. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper by the author. Red cloth covers with pastedown of a lovely young woman is a bit aged, pastedown rubbed, spine tips rubbed and fraying. Interior front hinge starting, bit shaken, but otherwise clean and nice. An old-fashioned coming of age and romantic tale. "Rex gazed fondly at Emily...With her round arms bared at the elbow, her head, with its aureole of burnished locks, bent to her task, her downcast brown eyes, and her red lips, pursed with seriousness, she presented such a sweet, house-wifely and altogether charming picture, that he was lost in adoration. "How many lumps?" asked she...."; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004690
- Title
- The Road to London
- Author
- Foster, David Skaats
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Book Co.l
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Bookseller catalogs
- First/Limited/Signed Editions; Fiction;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.