The Haunters of the Silences: A Book of Animal Life. With many illustrations and decorations by Charles Livingston Bull.
by ROBERTS, Charles G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1907. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 316, 6 [ads], 4 [ads] pp. plus 48 full page plates after Bull (first two in color). Publisher's pictorial blue cloth depicting a polar bear on the front, gilt spine lettering, decorative endpapers. 1908 presentation on front endpaper else a very attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73026
- Title
- The Haunters of the Silences: A Book of Animal Life. With many illustrations and decorations by Charles Livingston Bull.
- Author
- ROBERTS, Charles G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. C. Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1907
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....