THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific
by Whiting, Lilian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906.. 1906.. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt with vignettes stamped in gilt on the front cover; top edge gilt. The binding is spotted; the covers are bumped with a few score marks to the rear cover. xii & 347 pages & 1-page publisher's catalog. There are a few small stains to the front pastedown. Black-and-white frontispiece & 31 black-and-white plates. The contents are very good. <p>First edition.<p>From the library of Ellen Douglas Boardman Williams, with her bookplate on the front pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2740
- Title
- THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific
- Author
- Whiting, Lilian
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906.
- Date Published
- 1906.
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; WEST; COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; LILIAN WHITING; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...