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CALIFORNIANS
by Jeffers, Robinson
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1916. First edition of the poet's first commercially published book; only 1,200 copies printed [Broomfield A2]. Small 8vo blue cloth boards; gilt-stamped spine; front cover lettered in gilt with pictorial vignette stamped in blue, black, and gilt; top edge gilt. Angling-themed bookplate of Olindus F. Kendall on front pastedown featuring rod and reel, fly hooks, and trout, signed in the plate "H.K." (Henriette Kahn).Tape shadows to endpapers, touch of rubbing to spine tips, otherwise fine in bright, very good to near fine dust jacket with small, internal tape repair, few small spots of staining, spine very slightly toned, and narrow chip at head of spine taking out "IANS" in title. A scarce book, especially so in dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55923
- Title
- CALIFORNIANS
- Author
- Jeffers, Robinson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quill & Brush
Biblio member since 2007
Middletown, Maryland
About Quill & Brush
Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
Glossary
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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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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