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An Old Country House
by Le Gallienne, Richard. Illustrated By Elizabeth Shippen Green
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. Early reprint, title page dated 1905 with a personalized inscription signed by the author on the preliminary blank with a verse below: "It was a dream that had to wait; waiting is said to be good for dreams". The author's thoughts on old houses, nature, books, gardens, etc., illustrated in Arts & Crafts style in sepia tones on a tan background, decorative borders. Light green textured cloth with illustration mounted on the front cover, lettering and decoration in gilt and green, top edge gilt, tiitle page in brown and green, 142 pages. Come scuffing and light uneven surface color loss to the covers, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039759
- Title
- An Old Country House
- Author
- Le Gallienne, Richard. Illustrated By Elizabeth Shippen Green
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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