Lincoln in Illinois
by Octavia Roberts
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Copyright page states: "This special large-paper edition is limited to one thousand copies." Tan paper boards with illustration to front board, and caramel cloth spine with gilt particulars. Tan dust jacket with illustration and text. Sur blanc plates with tissue guards throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings, save for a small note to front pastedown ("abt 1945"). Very light beginnings of fraying to head of spine and light wear to base; slight losses to gilt on spine; chips, closed tears and soiling to dust jacket with liquid stains to dj spine (see images). 7 x 10 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7256
- Title
- Lincoln in Illinois
- Author
- Octavia Roberts
- Illustrator
- Lester G. Hornby
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Pages
- vii, 119
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Literature; American History; Politics;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
Biblio member since 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
We are a brick & mortar store located between I95 and the Florida Turnpike. We focus on the visual aspects of books and the book as artifact. We have large Art and Graphic Art sections including haute couture magazines but also carry Architecture, Ancient & Classical History, Performing Arts and Books on Books & Antiques. We have a large selection of Antiquarian Books, Antique maps & Antique prints. Hours by chance or appointment.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- 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....