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THE GAME. By Jack London ... With Illustrations and Decorations by Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence.
by London, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905., 1905.. Very good. - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Greeb cloth titled and decorated in gilt and white on the spine and titled in red on the front cover with an illustration in green, white and brown on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The slightly cocked covers are bumped and lightly rubbed. 182 & [6] deckle-edged pages, illustrated with pictorial endpapers, a color frontispiece, 5 color plates, and profuse textual illustrations including several sienna-toned full-page illustrations by Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence. Very good.
First edition, second issue with the "Metropolitan Magazine Co." stamp on the copyright page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97663
- Title
- THE GAME. By Jack London ... With Illustrations and Decorations by Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence.
- Author
- London, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905.
- Date Published
- 1905.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; SPORTING; SPORTS; BOXING; JACK LONDON; THE GAME; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; SECOND ISSUE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; HENRY HUTT; T.C. LAWRENCE.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
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