The Captain's Toll-Gate
by Stockton, Frank R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. With Memorial Sketch by Mrs. Stockton. NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1903. Large Paper Edition, #36 of 160 signed by Mrs. Stockton. In addition, a clipped signature of Frank Stockton in pasted on the lower margin of his frontispiece portrait. 8vo. xxxii,359 pages including Bibliography. Frontis portrait and 4 full-page illustrations. ¾ vellum & gray paper boards, top edges gilt. Vellum lightly soiled, gilt letters on spine bit dull, small tear to paper boards. No owner's name, interior in very good condition. Frontis portrait of Stockton pencil signed by the artist Jacques Reich, Mrs. Stockton signs at the end of her Memorial, and Stockton's clipped signature mounted on the frontis portrait leaf. BAL 18945; 5 illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author & Illustrator .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1483
- Title
- The Captain's Toll-Gate
- Author
- Stockton, Frank R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Large Paper Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- American Literature, Fiction
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Edges
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- BAL
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...