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Eugene Field An Auto-Analysis
by Field, Eugene; Wilson, Francis (intro.)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Frank M. Morris, /printed by R.R. Donnelley at the Lakeside Press, 1896 Hard cover, 12mo, (measuring 4 1/2 x 6 inches) in quarter-black cloth over gray paper-covered boards, titles printed in black. Unpaginated, printed on recto only. Limited Edition No 138 of 150 copies printed on Japan vellum paper. Features elaborately hand-colored, medieval-style initial capitals within the text. Condition: Very Good. Foxing to front board, minimally to pastedowns. Light rubbing to spine. Signature of Edwd. Willard to front paste-down in old ink. This is a small press reprint of the Author's self-published 1894 pamphlet of random biographical facts, written to satisfy the child-like questions to which he seemed to be perennially pestered with by fans of his work. An engaging Introduction by his friend and fellow author Francis Wilson, acts, in part, as a bibliography. Eugene Field (1850-1895) Chicago journalist and contributor of humorous essays, known as "The Poet of Childhood," for works such as "Little Boy Blue." A really nice bit of typography. OCLC 635632. BAL 5822.. Signed on Limitation page by publisher F.M. Morris [The Old Bookshop]. Limited Edition No. 138/150 copies on Japan paper. Hard Cover. Very Good .
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8864
- Title
- Eugene Field An Auto-Analysis
- Author
- Field, Eugene; Wilson, Francis (intro.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition No. 138/150 copies on Japan paper
- Publisher
- Frank M. Morris, /printed by R.R. Donnelley at the Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1896
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- BAL
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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. ...
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