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The Boys of the Old Glee Club
by Whitcomb Riley, James
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Will Vawter. First Edition. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. Hard Cover. 9”x5”. No DJ. Green cloth boards with faded gilt and green lettering and green embellishments. Edges shelfworn with corners rubbed. Head and tail of spine chipped slightly. Title on spine faded. Some darkening and brown discoloration on cover. Color frontispiece clear with some foxing at edges and age tanning. Tissue guard present in front of title page. Hinge Cracked, binding falls easily open to any page. One full page detached from binding. Unpaginated. Gift Inscription on fep from previous owner dated Oct 13/13 (presumed 1913). Pages unmarked with expected age tanning. Color plate illustrations by Will Vawter throughout crisp with minimal foxing. Gorgeous b&w illustrations accompanying the verse. A charming and beautifully presented collection of beloved Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley. First Edition
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Details
- Bookseller
- Honest Dog Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A803981X039VU
- Title
- The Boys of the Old Glee Club
- Author
- Whitcomb Riley, James
- Illustrator
- Will Vawter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Honest Dog Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Honest Dog Books
Biblio member since 2022
Bayfield, Wisconsin
About Honest Dog Books
Honest Dog Books is a family-run new and used general interest bookstore with a long history in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Owners Julie Buckles and Charly Ray are wilderness travelers with a team of sled dogs, two teenagers, and deep love for community, literature, and conversation.
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Always feel free to email with questions, for extra pictures, shipping charge information, or if you're interested in making an offer different than the listed price! Our books may come in protective mylar or other coverings, these are all easily removable and not directly attached to the book itself.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
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