Fantastic Fables
by Bierce, Ambrose
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first state, with four pages of adverts following the text, beginning with "By Anna Fuller." Lacking the rare dust jacket. Beige cloth with decoration in red, blue, and black, and the crown and throne within the cover illustration stamped in gold. Cloth rubbed, age-soiled, with about two inches of dampstaining to bottom of front outer hinge. Spine square. Binding sound. Front and rear paste downs browned; interior else clean, lightly toned, text unmarked. Photographs available upon request.
Synopsis
A Moral Principle met a Material Interest on a bridge wide enough for but one.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2016098
- Title
- Fantastic Fables
- Author
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book Bin
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Salem, Oregon
About The Book Bin
The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
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- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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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...
- 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....