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The Black Creek Stopping-House (signed)
by McClung, Nellie L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No DJ
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Canada: William Briggs, 1912. Dark green boards, gold lettering on spine and front, illustration of rural house on front in black and white, 224 pages. Inscribed, dated (Xmas, 1912) and signed by author on ffep: "To Miss Alice Jordan with much love from Horace, and his mother". Book slightly cocked, front lightly smudged and speckled, corners rubbed and bowed, bumped, rubbed and chipped on ends of spine. Faint pencil erasure mark on ffep, pages darkened, first 4 pages lightly creased. Cracked at page 17, lower half of last 2 pages separated from spine, with tear (1/2 inch) at top of separation on page 223, and tear (1.25 inch) at top of separation on rear free endpaper. Cracked at rear paste-down so rear board shaky. Overall, very good minus. A scarce, signed first edition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002632
- Title
- The Black Creek Stopping-House (signed)
- Author
- McClung, Nellie L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Nellie L. McClung
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian;
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About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
Biblio member since 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
We are located in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), and started selling books online in 2009. We offer a wide range of topics, with a focus on signed modern Canadian first editions. Please feel free to contact us by email if you have a question regarding any of our books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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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