A Buried Treasure [Signed by Author]
by ROBERTS, Elizabeth Madox
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1931. First edition, limited to 200 copies. Octavo (22.5cm); medium green boards, stamped in gilt, in glassine dustwrapper (no slipcase); TEG; 3-296pp. Spine lightly sunned; gentle handling wear to boards. Glassine toned, chipped edges with short tears and some material loss. Textblock leading edge deckled; original green satin ribbon marker laid-in. Very Good. Out-of-series copy, unnumbered; lacking slipcase.
Humorous moral tale concerning the meaning of wealth, following the fate of a rural family who unearth a pot of gold while digging up a stump in their garden. Kentucky author.
Humorous moral tale concerning the meaning of wealth, following the fate of a rural family who unearth a pot of gold while digging up a stump in their garden. Kentucky author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47758
- Title
- A Buried Treasure [Signed by Author]
- Author
- ROBERTS, Elizabeth Madox
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women; Appalachia;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- 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...
- Octavo
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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...