The Slim Princess
by Ade, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
€46.95€35.21
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, 1907. Book. Illus. by George F. Kerr. VG+. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition. April 1907, so stated. 170 pp. Red cloth with gilt tiles to the spine and a full front , pictorial paste on to front cover. This copy is VG+. Exterior is rich and clean. Gilt is bright. Corners and edges are sharp. A bit of crimping to spine ends and a touch of sunning to spine. Inside is unmarked, clear, and tightly bound. Very modest/even toning throughout Braunworth at bottom of copyright page. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Quite lovely..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001774
- Title
- The Slim Princess
- Author
- Ade, George
- Illustrator
- George F. Kerr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs- Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indiana Authors, Publishers, Topics, & Association;
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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