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Head Hunters Black, White and Brown
by Haddon, Alfred C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in gilt. Front cover has gilted skulls design. Inscribed to ffep "For Cooper Cole with the author's regards Aug 10, 1906." The boards show mild rubbing/shelfwear and the corners are softened. The gutters and spine ends have been professionally repaired and the binding is tight. There are faint pencilled PO names to rear endpages and scattered foxing throughout. Includes frontis photo with tissue and numerous other truly interesting photographic plates. Scarce signed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 426+ads pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23553
- Title
- Head Hunters Black, White and Brown
- Author
- Haddon, Alfred C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
Terms of Sale
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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