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Colonel Carter of Cartersville
by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$317.45$285.70
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, 1891 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 8.5". E. W. Kemble; F. Hopkinson Smith. The first edition, first issue of the debut novel of American author Francis Hopkinson Smith. From the library of noted American bibliophile Natalie Knowlton Blair. The first edition, first issue of this work, with correct apostrophe to back strip, and vignette staircase illustration to page 1.The novel follows the secret marriage of two young people, and is set prior to the Civil War.From the library of "the earliest woman collector of Americana of the first rank", Natalie Knowlton Blair, who converted the attic of her Manhattan mansion into museum rooms where she displayed her collections of American and European antiques and books. With her Blairhame bookplate to the front pastedown, and held in two cloth covered slip cases.Illustrated by the author and E. W. Kemble, with a frontispiece and numerous vignette illustrations.The novel was adapted into a motion picture in 1915. Author Francis Hopkinson Smith was also an artist and engineer, and built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty. In the publisher's original cloth binding, housed in two cloth covered slip cases. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to spine tail. Bookplate to front pastedown. Smaller slip case in fine condition. Age toning to larger slip case back strip, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 900F18
- Title
- Colonel Carter of Cartersville
- Author
- F. Hopkinson Smith
- Illustrator
- E. W. Kemble; F. Hopkinson Smith
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 5.5" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- Colonel Carter of Cartersville Blairhame Natalie Knowlton Blair Blairhame
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Vignette
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- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Shelf Wear
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Fine
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