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Scrope; or The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford
by Perkins, Frederic B
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874. First Edition. First edition. 278 pp. with most pages printed in bicolumnar format. Bound in publisher's brown pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. About Very Good with wear and a little staining to cloth, spine sunned, small stain to top edge intruding into inner margins of text, small tear to ffep, a few reading stains. An unsophisticated copy of the very first American bibliomystery, which begins at a rare book auction and deals with contemporary bookstores, booksellers, and collectors.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942132
- Title
- Scrope; or The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford
- Author
- Perkins, Frederic B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- bibliomystery, biblio mystery, bookstores, 19th century
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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