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David Harum: A Story of American Life. Limited Edition
by Westcott, Edward Noyes. Illustrated By B. West Clinedinst, C. D. Farrand
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900. Illustrated edition, 1900, number 459 of 750 copies printed. Full vellum lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, illustrated with tissue protected engravings in black and white or sepia tones plus smaller illustrations in brownish orange, matching dustjacket. The book is in good to very good condition with some foxing to the top third of the spine, minor edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, neatly written gift notation from 1905 on front free endpaper, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is in fair condition, age-darkened and chipped.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044610
- Title
- David Harum: A Story of American Life. Limited Edition
- Author
- Westcott, Edward Noyes. Illustrated By B. West Clinedinst, C. D. Farrand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- WESTERN AMERICAN FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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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