The Right of Way
by Gilbert Parker
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. First Edition. Tipped-in signature of author. In green cloth covers with stamped lettering and corner pine cones in gilt on front cover and same on spine. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Bumping and rubbing of ends of spine and corners. Lightly slanted spine. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004155
- Title
- The Right of Way
- Author
- Gilbert Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction, Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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