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The Great White Way
by Paine, Albert Bigelow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, especially at spine, corners worn, front hinge tender, foxing to leaves surrounding fr
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: J. F. Taylor & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, especially at spine, corners . worn, front hinge tender, foxing to leaves surrounding frontispiece.. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Original navy decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. Black and white illustrations by Bernard J. Rosemeyer and Chauncey Gale. 327pp + [16]pp of publisher’s ads. A lost race novel purporting to be an explorer’s account of an expedition to Antarctica and the South Pole. Signed by Albert Bigelow Paine on the title page. Further inscribed on the front free endpaper “To A Scientist but not “the scientist”. From The Author”. Stamp on front pastedown notes “From Edward F. Bigelow, Stamford, Conn. ” ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43425
- Title
- The Great White Way
- Author
- Paine, Albert Bigelow
- Illustrator
- Bernard J. Rosemeyer; Chauncey Gale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, especially at spine, corners worn, front hinge tender, foxing to leaves surrounding fr
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. F. Taylor & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Lost Civilizations, Lost Race Novels, FANTASY Novels, 1900s Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Signed By the Author; Science Fiction and Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Leaves
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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