An Heiress in Name Only or The Adventures of Gwendolyn
by Amelia M. A. Ross (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: Saulsbury Publishing Company, 1919 Saulsbury Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD. 1919. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an inked out former owner name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to tips, head, and tail. No DJ. Gold boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board with box embossing on the front board. 106 pp 12 mo. This a piece of fiction about WWI written by the author when she was a student at Fayette, Ohio in 1917. This is a little love story in the midst of the fall of France and German occupation. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006440
- Title
- An Heiress in Name Only or The Adventures of Gwendolyn
- Author
- Amelia M. A. Ross (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Saulsbury Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- WWI, War Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance Fiction, Royalty, Romance, marriage,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military Fiction; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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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