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The Lectures of Bret Harte; to Which is Added "The Piracy of Bret Harte's Fables"
by Harte, Bret (Kozlay, Charles Meeker)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn: Charles Meeker Kozlay. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth stamped in gilt to front and spine, TEG. Spine ends/points slightly rubbed, spine has a faint ridge; trace soil. Bookplate to ffep. Faint toning to endpages due to offset from DJ. Frontis is detached, laid in. The seven other plates are present, some with tissue. Hinges are firm. The scarce DJ in mylar is missing about half of the spine, the remainder of which is mounted to brown paper or tape. The DJ is chipped to points, and has reinforcement along edges to verso. The front flap fold is slightly cracked, and the spine/joints are darkened. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 53 pages .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37327
- Title
- The Lectures of Bret Harte; to Which is Added "The Piracy of Bret Harte's Fables"
- Author
- Harte, Bret (Kozlay, Charles Meeker)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Meeker Kozlay
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Date Published
- 1909
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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