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THE GAME
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good++/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York/London: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good++/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Second issue, color frontispiece and five other tipped in illustrations; with numerous illustrations within the text and decorations by Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence, pictorial title page, 182pp., (6)pp. ads at rear, bound in gray-green pictorial cloth depicting the ghost of death in a white robe, face and hands stamped in brown, lettering red; spine lettering gilt with title gilt within a white shield; pictorial endpapers; top edge, gilt all others uncut. A handsome copy with light off-setting to rear endpapers; very light wear at extremities.
Synopsis
Many patterns of carpet lay rolled out before them on the floor two of Brussels showed the beginning of their quest, and its ending in that direction; while a score of ingrains lured their eyes and prolonged the debate between desire pocket-book. The head of the department did them the honor of waiting upon them himself or did Joe the honor, as she well knew, for she had noted the open-mouthed awe of the elevator boy who brought them up.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6262
- Title
- THE GAME
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- Date Published
- 1905
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
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