New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, royal blue cloth covered boards with decorative embossed vellum inset, white decorative borders and corners, gilt spine titles with white decorative borders. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. 369 pp. (BAL 9758) A stunningly well preserved volume with brilliant royal blue cloth, bright white decorative borders and clean, unblemished vellum inset. The volume is likewise very tight, crisp, clean and apparently unread without a sign of dust or soil to edges and with a solid bright gilt top edge. A desirable copy for the Howells completist with an eye to top condition. Very Fine..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 09592
Title: The Son of Royal Langbrith
Author: Howells, William Dean
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1904
Keywords: HOWELLS, NOVEL, FICTION, LANGBRITH, AMERICAN, CLASSIC, LITERATURE, BINDING, DECORATIVE, FIRST, EDITION, MODERN
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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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...
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....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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