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Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
by Hudson, W. W
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Duckworth & Co, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 315, (1) pp. Bound by Bayntum of Bath in polished green calf, spine in six compartments, intricately gilt, red and black lettering labels, gilt, gilt rules on boards, gilt inner dentellers, all edges gilt, marbles endpapers. Original green cloth boards bound in, the rear board in first state binding without the publisher's device, and the upper board with the printed label of Day's Library. A trace of rubing only to the hinges else a fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22214
- Title
- Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
- Author
- Hudson, W. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Duckworth & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- 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...
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