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Wanted A Chaperon
by Paul Leicester Ford
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/none
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1902. First Edition. Publisher's Cloth. Very Good Plus/none. Howard Chandler Christy. 1902, First Edition, Beautiful Book is Very Good Plus or Better, bright and clean publisher's green cloth, bright gilt title to front board, striking Margaret Armstrong showing her MA monogram to front board. illustrated spine. floral in white, dark green and gilt decoration, spine bright as well with light wear to head and heel and bottom of front gutter, top edge gilt, light corner wear, No previous owner bookplate or writing, text and plates fine, 109 pages plus 6 pages of color plates nicely illustrated by American Artist and illustrator Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) popular during the jazz age. Text in beautiful floral borders. A lovely copy protected in a custom mylar sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4018
- Title
- Wanted A Chaperon
- Author
- Paul Leicester Ford
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, Margaret Armstrong
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
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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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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