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Cakes and Ale at Woodbine; From Twelfth Night to New Years Day
by Gray, Barry [Robert Barry Coffin]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 229pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Light yellow endsheets. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. There is a very small stain on the fore edge of the text block. The text block is cracked at the center, however the book is still very sturdy. The pages are tanned. The author wrote under the pseudonym "Barry Gray" and under his own name, Robert Barry Coffin. His books include "'Married Life at Hillside,' 'Out of Town,' and 'Infelicities of Married Life.'.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36223
- Title
- Cakes and Ale at Woodbine; From Twelfth Night to New Years Day
- Author
- Gray, Barry [Robert Barry Coffin]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Barry Gray; Robert B. Coffin
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
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