ISLAND OF THE INNOCENT: A Novel of Greek and Jew in the Time of the Maccabees
by Fisher, Vardis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1952. 448 pp. Original red leather covers w/ title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Binding lightly rubbed. Small black spots on covers, 4 total. #14 of 100 copies. SIGNED BY VARDIS FISHER. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER TO GENERAL WEDEMEYER W/ HIS BOOKPLATE. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents nice. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14809LIT
- Title
- ISLAND OF THE INNOCENT: A Novel of Greek and Jew in the Time of the Maccabees
- Author
- Fisher, Vardis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Caxton Printers, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Caldwell, ID
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL NOVELS AUTHORS WRITERS FISHER VARDIS ALVERO 1895 1968 IDAHO STATE HISTORY ID GREEK JEW MACCABEES LITERARY WORKS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...