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In the Fog
by Davis, Richard Harding
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: R.H. Russell, 1902. Davis's "Queen's Quorum" mystery. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, in an exceptionally nice publisher's binding. Navy blue cloth binding with a paper illustration bound with gilt on the front cover; gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Illustrations by Thomas Mitchell Pierce and F.D. Steele. Clean text; 155 pages. Exceptionally bright and supple. Minor spotting to the page ends, lower spine rubbed a bit, two small black stains on lower front cover. Still, an attractive book and worth a read today. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Fine Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Thomas Mitchell Pierce & F.D. Steele. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004330
- Title
- In the Fog
- Author
- Davis, Richard Harding
- Illustrator
- Thomas Mitchell Pierce & F.D. Steele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- R.H. Russell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Mysteries);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
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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....
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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