The Eagle's Shadow
by CABELL, James Branch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, Doubleday, 1904., 1904. First edition, first state. 8vo. Frontispiece, 7 full-page illustrations, and pictorial endpapers by Will Grefe; decorations by Blanche Ostertag. Original gilt stamped red cloth, with eagle decoration on spine and upper cover. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Encloses in 1/2 red morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Author's first book.. F. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222872
- Title
- The Eagle's Shadow
- Author
- CABELL, James Branch
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- F
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Doubleday, 1904.
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
Biblio member since 2009
Palm Springs, California
About Houle Rare Books & Autographs
2699 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262By appointment only.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...