The Shining Pyramid
by Machen, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Spine and board lightly rubbed and soiled, with slight insect loss to cloth; ink ownership signature to title page; bookplate. V
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Spine and board lightly rubbed and soiled, with slight insect loss to cloth; ink ownership signature to title page; bookplate. Very good. CDK-645. Arthur Machen. Vincent Starrett, editor and introduction. The Shining Pyramid. Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1923. First edition.
Octavo. 241pp. Frontispiece by Wallace Smith. Publisher's black cloth, spine with paper title label, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, illustrated endleaves.
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Octavo. 241pp. Frontispiece by Wallace Smith. Publisher's black cloth, spine with paper title label, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, illustrated endleaves.
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Details
- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 645
- Title
- The Shining Pyramid
- Author
- Machen, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine and board lightly rubbed and soiled, with slight insect loss to cloth; ink ownership signature to title page; bookplate. V
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Fiction, Short Stories, Collections, Horror, Arthur Machen
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Addison, Texas
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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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.