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DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES - WITH AUTOGRAPH NOTE LAID-IN
by Bacheller, Irving
- Used
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
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Stephenson, Virginia
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About This Item
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1903. First Edition. Attractive, well-preserved copy of this early novel by Bacheller, founder of the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. Scarce in dustjacket. Octavo (19.75cm); maroon cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and in blind to spine and front cover; dustjacket; [10],11-410,[6]pp, with illustrated frontispiece by Arthur I. Keller. Laid into this copy is an autograph note from the author: "Dear Mr. Gridley: Will you let this book express my thanks to you? If you ever drop your knitting I hope it may fall into the hands of someone as kind as yourself. Sincerely, Irving Bacheller / Canton, N.Y. / Aug.9, 1917." Mild wear to spine ends and board edges, touch of dustiness and foxing to upper edge of textblock, else clean throughout; Near Fine. In the original illustrated dustjacket, lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and several small splits and tears, and seven clear tape mends on verso; Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4539
- Title
- DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES - WITH AUTOGRAPH NOTE LAID-IN
- Author
- Bacheller, Irving
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lothrop Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1903
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- 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... [More]
- 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... [More]
- fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the... [More]
- 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.... [More]
- good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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... [More]
- octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing... [More]
- Cloth
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