The Adventurer in Spain
by Crockett, S.R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Isbister and Company Limited, 1903. Green decorative cloth stamped in red and gold. Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings. Black coated endpapers. Signed on prelim as presentation copy by Julio Guardia, to whom Crockett has dedicated the book, writing "in recognition of the unwearied friendship which made this book possible" [from dedication page]. A nice association copy. Inner front hinge just starting and boards lightly shaken, though still a very good copy of an attractive book.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Browne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002497
- Title
- The Adventurer in Spain
- Author
- Crockett, S.R
- Illustrator
- Gordon Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Isbister and Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Spain, Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Alibris4;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...