IN THE FOREST.
by Foster, Maximilian (1871-1943)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good (some insect damage to cloth on spine, but still a sturdy tight copy). An uncommon early edition.
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc.,, 1903.. Hardcover -. Very good (some insect damage to cloth on spine, but still a sturdy tight copy). An uncommon early edition. . Early vintage reprint ("Special Subscription Edition") A novel by this California-born author focusing on the battle for survival in the wilderness - as caribou bulls compete with one another, and they all have to evade the hunters. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard by C. Rungills and 19 glossy internal plates, most depicting animals. A title in the Crowned Masterpieces of Modern Fiction series, bound in marbleized boards with a dark green cloth spine and gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. 318 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85668
- Title
- IN THE FOREST.
- Author
- Foster, Maximilian (1871-1943)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good (some insect damage to cloth on spine, but still a sturdy tight copy). An uncommon early edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1903.
- Keywords
- crowned masterpieces, caribou, hunters,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage books and paperbacks;
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...