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Bachelor Belles
by Heywood, Thomas et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Grey cloth binding with paper artplate on front board rubbed at extremities; spine ends & corners frayed; backstrip yellowed; boards soiled, some stains on rear cover; front hinge & several points in textblock cracked; a few small closed tears to leaf edges; leaf edges, endpapers & a few leaves foxed, else an intact copy, with bright & clear Fisher ils. No dj. ; Many lovely color ils. by Harrison Fisher and one-color page decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood; top edges gilt. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 200 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46292
- Title
- Bachelor Belles
- Author
- Heywood, Thomas et al
- Illustrator
- Harrison Fisher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Early 20th Century American Illustrators, Successor of Charles Dana Gibson, Antique Art Books
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Biblio member since 2019
Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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