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The Centurion
by De Hartog, Jan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1989. A beautiful gift quality copy, signed by Jan de Hartog on 2nd Ffep. Privately Printed for members of the Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society. Smythe-sewn, with all edges gilt and gilt decoration to binding; Silk page marker sewn into headband. Top grain leather binding with three raised bands, gilt embellished, and printed marble-design endpapers. Textblock and binding immaculate and tight. 288p. Publisher's letter laid in.. Signed By Author. Limited First Edition. Bonded Mahogany Leather. Fine. Illus. by John Rush Frontispiece. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23933
- Title
- The Centurion
- Author
- De Hartog, Jan
- Illustrator
- John Rush Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 &q
- Keywords
- Fiction, American Fiction, English Fiction, Fiction, Signed First Editions, Modern First Editions
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- 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...
- 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...
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