Little Maid of Arcady
by Reid, Christian
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: H. L. Kilner & Co. Good. 1893. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages; 1893 H. L. Kilner & Co. HC 1st edition, thus, in book form. In original trade binding of blue cloth with decorative floral pattern and titles in silver and black to cover and spine. Floral patterned endleaves. Binding moderately shelf cocked in the spine; cloth nicked and rubbed at base of spine and thread bare at crown and corners. Several small surface scars to cloth surfaces and superficial rippling to cloth along the front edge of the rear board. Endpapers and adjacent printed leaves much toned. Prior ownership ink stamp "Boy's School" to front free endpage and remnant of a small paper label crown of spine. Contents generally clean and still bright in readable condition. Scarce in the original edition. Good only .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46711
- Title
- Little Maid of Arcady
- Author
- Reid, Christian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- H. L. Kilner & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- canada;
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...