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A Hermit's Wild Friends (First Edition and SIGNED)
by Mason A Walton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
A Hermit's Wild Friends: by Mason A. Walton
Dana Estes and Company 1903
True first edition with "published October 1903" on copyright page with no other mention of later printings.
Book is exceptionally tight and crisp with no loss to gilding or ink and the original green cloth is bright with no loss. Just a hint of wear to the head and foot of spine light wear to edges, and one corner bumped. Interior is clean and complete with just a hint of age toning.
A NEAR FINE copy
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR BOOKS ON NATURE AND ECOLOGY.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shawn Donnille
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00059
- Title
- A Hermit's Wild Friends (First Edition and SIGNED)
- Author
- Mason A Walton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dana Estes and Company
- Date Published
- 1903
- Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Shawn Donnille
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Shawn Donnille
Biblio member since 2023
Eugene, Oregon
About Shawn Donnille
I'm a private collector with a specialty for nature writing, environmental literature, biology, and some modern literature.
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Copyright page
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- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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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