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Scholar Gipsies
by BUCHAN, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1896. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); binding designed by Patten Wilson; beige cloth-covered boards and vertically-ribbed dark brown cloth backstrip, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and in black on covers; brown topstain; [xiv],205,[3], plus 16pp publishers catalog at rear, with frontispiece, title page, and five etchings by D.Y. Cameron. Pictorial bookplate of Monsignor Joseph M. Gleason (1869-1942) on front pastedown, with evidence of bookplate removal on rear pastedown, and label removal on rear endpaper; spine ends a little pushed, light wear to extremities, with a few tiny stains to upper rear cover, and some faint, grayish staining to lower left corner of front cover; contents clean, with the pages largely unopened; Very Good+.
An attractive copy of this collection of essays and short stories, many set in Tweeddale, Scotland.
An attractive copy of this collection of essays and short stories, many set in Tweeddale, Scotland.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52768
- Title
- Scholar Gipsies
- Author
- BUCHAN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane / The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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