New York: Harper & Brothers, 1920. First Edition. Includes a written ballad, date, and signature of author on half-title page. In cream illustrated paper covered front cover with lettering in black and green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Square and intact binding, with cracked, but holding, front hinge at verso ffep. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Light bumping to ends of spine. Moderate shelf wear to covers. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J. Scott Williams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quaker House Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004311
Title: Ballads of Old New York (Signed)
Author: Arthur Guiterman
Illustrator: J. Scott Williams
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1920
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Fiction, Balldas, Poems
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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,...