The Sea-Wolf. With Illustrations by W.J. Aylward.
by London (Jack)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Macmillan, 1904. First edition.. Blue cloth lettered in white, front cover designed in dark blue, red & white. Frontispiece and 5 inserted plates. This is what is considered the second state, with the spine lettered in white; the first state has gilt lettering on the spine. This is a bright and clean example, with the white lettering in better condition than usual; a few minor stains to back cover, modest edge wear, a strong very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56556
- Title
- The Sea-Wolf. With Illustrations by W.J. Aylward.
- Author
- London (Jack)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Macmillan, 1904. First edition.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Litold;
Terms of Sale
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Established 1976. Open shop in Victoria BC, Open Wed-Sun 11-5. Specialists in weird, fantastic, supernatural,utopian, interplanetary, science fiction and lost race fiction; also rare books, literary first editions, poetry broadsides. Antiquarian maps, charts, views, prints, engravings.
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- 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...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...