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Lochinvar
by Crockett, S.R
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York & London: Harper & Bros, 1898. Samel Rutherford. Crockett (1859-1914) was a prolific author of sentimental novels set in Scotland; this is probably his most famous This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition that has been rebound in a Fine Binding. Marbled paper boards with a brown leather spine; spine is ruled and lettered in gilt. Clean text; 412 pages, with a map in the rear; illustrated by T. De Thulstrup.There is a small bookbinder's label on the front paste-down. This was once a library book; there is a removal stamp on the title page, but this is the only treatment, and it is the opinion of Quercus that this is not really a detraction. Tiny scuff on the spine and the stamping, else a Fine copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus.. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by T. De Thulstrup.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002874
- Title
- Lochinvar
- Author
- Crockett, S.R
- Illustrator
- T. De Thulstrup
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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