THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES AS PLEASINGLY EXEMPLIFIED IN MANY INSTANCES, WHEREIN THE SERIOUS ONES OF THIS EARTH, CAREFULLY EXASPERATED, HAVE BEEN PRETTILY SPURRED ON TO UNSEEMLINESS AND INDISCRETION WHILE OVERCOME BY AN UNDUE SENSE OF RIGHT.
by [WHISTLER, James McNeill]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Printed at the Ballantyne Press, third edition, cloth-backed boards, octavo, pp. 340. Preliminary and terminal pages foxed substantially. Spine scuffed and rubbed. Board edges also with some shelf rubbing. Previous owner tasteful label on front pastedown. Second previous owner 1951 ink signature also on front pastedown. Old ink inventory number in a small hand near upper corner of free front endpaper. About GOOD withal.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3243
- Title
- THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES AS PLEASINGLY EXEMPLIFIED IN MANY INSTANCES, WHEREIN THE SERIOUS ONES OF THIS EARTH, CAREFULLY EXASPERATED, HAVE BEEN PRETTILY SPURRED ON TO UNSEEMLINESS AND INDISCRETION WHILE OVERCOME BY AN UNDUE SENSE OF RIGHT.
- Author
- [WHISTLER, James McNeill]
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: William Heinemann, [1904].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....