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Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
by Robert W. Service
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: William Briggs, 1912. 2nd Canadian Edition, First Illu. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Black and White Illustrations. 2nd Canadian Edition, First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Bound in ribbed green cloth with gilt lettering and an oval monochrome photograph on the cover. Deckled foredge and gilt top edge. Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon". Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in the west in the United States and Canada, often in poverty. All plates are present. 195pp. Mylar cover.<br><br>CONDITION: Light shelf wear. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are tight. Mylar cover is cracked at the top of the spine. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073390
- Title
- Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
- Author
- Robert W. Service
- Illustrator
- Black and White Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Canadian Edition, First Illu
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Robert W. Service, the Bard of the Yukon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
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