Claire Ambler (1/500 only signed by Tarkington and the publishers)
by Booth Tarkington
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good. One of 500 copies only signed by Tarkington, F.N. Doubleday and George H. Doran on an inserted blank; the page is imprinted "To Commemorate The Founding of Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, By The Union Of Doubleday, Page & Co. And George H. Doran Company This Firts Volume Over The New Imprint Has Been Autographed By The Author and The Publishers." Hardcover in white vellum with paper spine label. Iluustrated endpapers. 253 pp. This copy unfortunately has significan staining to the vellum narrowly extending to the upper corner edges of the endpapers and limitation page.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WE24024
- Title
- Claire Ambler (1/500 only signed by Tarkington and the publishers)
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited ed
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- literature, publishing , publishers, signed, autographed,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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. ...