The Heroine In Bronze or A Portrait Of A Girl (first edition in original dust jacket)
by James Lane Allen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First edition, first printing carrying only the "Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1912" on copyright page. Hardcover in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 281 pp. plus 8 pp. publishers list at rear. A tight, generally fine example, some offsetting to the endpapers and Neatly signed and dated 1913 by a previous owner on the half-title page. In the scarce original white dust wrapper lettered and decorated in green; minor flaws to the top edge front and top edge rear panel and tips but withal a fairly bright example and quite unusual thus. "...An intimate description of New York seen through the eyes of sa lover and an artist...
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27860
- Title
- The Heroine In Bronze or A Portrait Of A Girl (first edition in original dust jacket)
- Author
- James Lane Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- literature, new york, fiction, romance, vintage, kentucky
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Copyright page
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- First Edition
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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...
- Cloth
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