Leaf and Tendril
by Burroughs, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1908. First printing - BAL # 2180 - [ book in BAL'S state 2 ( no priority ) - Dust jacket in BAL'S state 1 ( no priority ) - green vertically ribbed cloth, gilt stamped - list of former owner's favourite passages neatly noted on the fly leaf else a fine crisp copy in the rarely seen DUST JACKET that has tiny nick & wear at the spine top but is o/w very fresh & clean .. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12416
- Title
- Leaf and Tendril
- Author
- Burroughs, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Rare Early Dust Jacket - BAL in Dj - American Nature Classic in the Rare Dj
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Port Colborne, Ontario
About Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
General used bookstore, Mon-Sat. 10: -5pm. Used, ou-of-print, scarce, and rare books. Literature, first editions, Canadiana etc. ABAC/ILAB Member
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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