Click for full-size.
CURSED
by England, George Allan
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Offsetting to paste-down and free end papers, a bright, fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to edge
- Seller
-
Laurel, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company Publishers, [1919]. First edition. Offsetting to paste-down and free end papers, a bright, fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to edges, a thin 6 mm wide by 60 mm long tear to lower spine panel affecting the printed price, the tear, corners and spine ends are backed on the verso with brown paper tape. (27575). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-349 [350-352: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with color illustration by Modest Stein, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. A curse is laid upon a sea captain by a Malayan witch with near tragic consequences for his family. Bleiler (1948), p. 109. Reginald 04903. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-193.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27575
- Title
- CURSED
- Author
- England, George Allan
- Book Condition
- Used - Offsetting to paste-down and free end papers, a bright, fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to edge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Small, Maynard and Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- [1919]
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction . Horror
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Disneyana
Welcome to the wonderful world of collecting Walt Disney! From letters signed by Disney himself to classic children’s books or ephemera, be sure to check out some of the collectible Walt Disney books on Biblio!
Collecting Arkham House
Learn about collecting the iconic horror and fantasy publisher that produced books by the likes of Ray Bradbury, August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft.
