The Light in the Clearing: A Tale of the North Country in the Time of Silas Wright
by Irving Bacheller
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1917. Book. Illus. by Arthur I. Keller. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Edition not stated, c 1917. No indication of later printings. Tipped in on front end paper is facsimile author's note to a "dear young friend," presumably as issued. Red cloth with white titles and embossed design on front board. Front board clean and bright, lettering just a bit rubbed thoguh still quite present and legible. Rear board with some soiling along spine edge and lower edge. Spine sunned, titles affected; ends gently bumped. Binding sound. Owner's name on verso of front end paper, else unmarked and clean..
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070916
- Title
- The Light in the Clearing: A Tale of the North Country in the Time of Silas Wright
- Author
- Irving Bacheller
- Illustrator
- Arthur I. Keller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- VINTAGE FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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About Small World Books, LLC
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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