The Good-Natured Man
by Oliver Goldsmith
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. Hardcover. Fine. 25 x 17 cm. Octavo. 124pp. Grey illustrated boards in original acetate jacket and box.With 4 color illustrations by Canadian artist Frederick Simpson Coburn. White ribbon. Gilt top foredge. The acetate jacket is chipped at the spine. Box is cracked in several places. Besides the previous owner's bookplate on the front free endpaper the book itself is mint.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57498
- Title
- The Good-Natured Man
- Author
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Midway Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
St. Paul, Minnesota
About Midway Used and Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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