A Child-World
by James Whitcomb Riley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bowen-Merrill Co, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth. Gilt titles, gilt border on front cover, gilt floral decoration on spine, top edge gilt. Frontispiece by W.Vainter with tissue guard. Clean, tight & unmarked. Protected in clear archival mylar jacket. A well preserved copy. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. Orders are shipped daily via USPS with delivery confirmation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Prince and Pauper
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104287
- Title
- A Child-World
- Author
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bowen-Merrill Co
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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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...
- Independent Bookseller
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
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