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Swept Out To Sea (1st US ed.)(1897)
by David Ker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
First US edition, hardcover, 1897. Condition is Good: Boards show wear, paper of front hinge cracked with neat repairs, hinge and binding are holding fine. Old pencil ownership signature, scattered foxing and smudges, no vandalism or tears. Decorative endpapers. Each chapter has decorative headpiece which is part of the charm. Cool shelf presence. Paginates: blank, (1)-297, [4], blank, with frontis and 5 plates. Last page states; "Edinburgh: Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Ltd." Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Although there are a few copies listed for sale this is a surprisingly uncommon book. WorldCat locates only one physical copy of this US edition. See OCLC: 1077911264. The 1896 UK edition is the first and most common edition. Several reprint editions exist.
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- Bookseller
- Ironwood Hills Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ker1897
- Title
- Swept Out To Sea (1st US ed.)(1897)
- Author
- David Ker
- Illustrator
- J. Ayton Symington
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott. Philadelphia. Printed by Chambers, Edinburgh.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Young Adult reading prior to 1900;
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Worldcat
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