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Memories and Portraits
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1896. Hardcover. 12mo, author's edition", viii,299p., in contemporary half crushed red morocco, gilt titles and gilt decorated panels on the spine, small inlay on the flora decoration, gilt ruled borders on the boards, marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g., some toning on the text, a near fine copy in attractive signed binding "Vautm(?)hin R(e?)l"(ho2.1) ~ Sixteen essays including: Some College Memories; An Old Scotch Gardener; The Character of Dogs; "A Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured"; A Gossip on a Novel of Dumas's.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35734
- Title
- Memories and Portraits
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1896
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE STEVENSON MEMORIES ESSAYS FINE BINDINGS
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Cash With Order - Visa, MasterCard and Cheques. We try to ship every order within twenty four hours. Professional responsible parcels. Postage and gst (if app.) are extra, at cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. Restocking charge on certain orders. Return condition responsibility of the customer
About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Since 1969 we've been selling rare books. We have published 292 catalogues of rare, scare and interesting books in a wide variety of subjects. Our specialites include.... Arctic, Canadian History and Travel, The Americas, Fishing and Angling, Ireland, General Antiquarian, and Military History. We issue 7-10 catalogues per year. Let us know if you'd like to join our mailing list.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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....