WHIRLIGIGS, Autorized Edition
by Henry, O
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Burgundy boards with gilt spine titles and front board decoration. Published for The Review of R
- Seller
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Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Burgundy boards with gilt spine titles and . front board decoration. Published for The Review of Reviews Company. Minor . fraying to corners and spine ends. Spine titles have darkened somewhat; . top edge soiling. Bookplate front pastedown.. 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. A collection of short stories by American writer O. Henry. Inspired by his experiences as a fugitive and in prison, these stories address themes of poverty and provincial life with humor and abundant empathy. The Ransom of Red Chief, the most notable of the collections twenty-four stories, is considered one of Henrys finest works and has been adapted numerous times for television and film. ; 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 314 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blackbird Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5929
- Title
- WHIRLIGIGS, Autorized Edition
- Author
- Henry, O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Burgundy boards with gilt spine titles and front board decoration. Published for The Review of R
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Non-Mystery / Collectible Fiction;
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About the Seller
Blackbird Bookshop
Biblio member since 2003
Trumbull, Connecticut
About Blackbird Bookshop
Blackbird Bookshop is an internet-only bookstore specializing in Mystery and Suspense, and Modern First Editions. We have high standards for any book in our stock, regardless of the age of the book. If we wouldn't be proud to display it in our personal collection, we won't sell it.
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....