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Salomy Jane
by Harte, (Francis) Bret
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910. This novella dates to 1889; it was filmed in 1914 and 1923. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, a lovely production with illustrations by Harrison Fisher and Arthur I. Keller. Stated "Published October 1910." Turquoise decorative cloth binding, with titling and decorations in gilt and a tipped-in illustration of a passionate kiss on the front cover. Clean text; 79 pages. Heartbreakingly beautiful frontis illustration of Salomy; alll pages are decorated.. Tiny bumps, and a small smudge on the front cover. A truly delightful book! In an archival plastic protector. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Fisher and Arthur I. Keller. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005383
- Title
- Salomy Jane
- Author
- Harte, (Francis) Bret
- Illustrator
- Harrison Fisher and Arthur I. Keller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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