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Larkspur
by ABBOTT, JANE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good indeed. Binding somewhat cocked, with some rubbing to extremities. Tender at half-title gutter, otherwise binding is t
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good indeed. Binding somewhat cocked, with some rubbing to extremities. Tender at half-title gutter, otherwise binding is tight and secure. Text is bright and unmarked, with a mere hint of toning to outer margins.. Small octavo. 261 pp. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with three black & white plates. Original pictorial cloth. Inscribed 'for Lucy, with best wishes' by author JANE ABBOTT on front flyleaf.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1406
- Title
- Larkspur
- Author
- ABBOTT, JANE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good indeed. Binding somewhat cocked, with some rubbing to extremities. Tender at half-title gutter, otherwise binding is t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1919
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Irving Book Company
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Asheville, North Carolina
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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