San Francisco: A. M. Robertson. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth titled/decorated in gilt, deckle edges. Flat signed by Sterling to the copyright page. Same date on copyright page/title page indicating first edition. Ex-college library with their bookplate to front pastedown, offset to ffep, discreet pencilled numbers. No other library markings. Portrait frontis. Spine toned, mild soil to boards, empty envelope affixed to rfep. Paper cracked at front hinge, though still holding very well. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: curtis paul books inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19362
Title: The Caged Eagle and Other Poems
Author: Sterling, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: A. M. Robertson
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1916

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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....
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...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
RFEP: The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Offset: A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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,...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...