Ports and Happy Places
by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (5.75" x 8.75), red cloth, gilt, with photographic paste-on illustration. 310ppIllustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear and a bumped corner. A lengthy gift inscription on the half-title by a couple to another couple who were also on their honeymoon journey at the same time. They all read Parker's book "An American Idyll" on that trip, and the Fleischers have sent them this title of hers to enjoy. A book of European.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14297
- Title
- Ports and Happy Places
- Author
- Parker, Cornelia Stratton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Travel; Germany; Switzerland; Italy; Spain
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...