THE QUEST OF THE ROMANOFF TREASURE [Signed]
by Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990 [author]; Duranty, Walter [foreowrd]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Paisley Press, 1936. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo, x, 241 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is gold with black print. Dust jacket in mylar. Light edge wear, light scratches on rear. Price clipped. Boards in grey cloth with gilt heraldry on front. Toning and soiling to spine and edges. Text block has spotting to edges, tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf.
NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1375722. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1375722
- Title
- THE QUEST OF THE ROMANOFF TREASURE [Signed]
- Author
- Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990 [author]; Duranty, Walter [foreowrd]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- The Paisley Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...