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Miss Fairfax of Virginia: A Romance of Love and Adventure Under the Palmettos
by Rathborne, St. George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Street & Smith, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Bound in green cloth with cover titles and decorations stamped in red and black; spine titles stamped in gilt. No additional printings; no ads. 289 pages. The cloth shows mild edgewear with a small fray at the heel. Front hinge a trifle weak, but showing only a 1" separation in the center. The front free endpaper has a former owner's information in ink, along with some faint pencil ghosting. The volume is otherwise unmarked. All contents clean and tight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Friendly Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125546
- Title
- Miss Fairfax of Virginia: A Romance of Love and Adventure Under the Palmettos
- Author
- Rathborne, St. George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Street & Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- ROMANCE FICTION NOVEL PORTO RICO PUERTO 19TH CENTURY PAUL LATIMER
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction;
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About the Seller
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About Friendly Used Books
We have been selling books for over 40 years. For many years we had a B&M shop. We now exclusively sell online. We are conservative graders.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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