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Lorna Doone (My Own Edition: Madge Bellamy)
by Blackmore, R. D., Edited By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Illustrat6ed By Harold Brett, Madge Bellamy Edition [Inscribed To Le Roy Stone]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+++/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1922. First Thus . Cloth. Very Good+++/No Dust Jacket. 9 3/8" Tall. 351 Clean And Unmarked Pages. First Printing Thus. Cover Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Still Unworn And Brilliantly Colored. Laid In Loosely In The Book Is A Fine Four-Page Brochure Printed In Black And Yellow, For A Ballad "Lorna Doone" Published By Witmark, With Actress Madge Bellamy On The Cover, In The Same Pose As On The Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Cover. Bellamy's Breakout Role Was As The Title Character In The 1922 Film Adaptation Of The 1869 Novel Lorna Doone She Thereafter Became Known As "The Exquisite Madge" (Artist Penrhyn Stanlaws Later Called Her "The Most Beautiful Girl In America"),[Wikipedia]. This Copy With The Standard Printed Inscription, Plus A Handwritten Personal Inscription By Madge Bellamy To Motion Picture Editor/Writer Le Roy Stone, And With His Small Library Stamp On One Of The Interior Rear Endpapers. Spine Gilt Is Quite Darkened But Present.
Synopsis
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003930
- Title
- Lorna Doone (My Own Edition: Madge Bellamy)
- Author
- Blackmore, R. D., Edited By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Illustrat6ed By Harold Brett, Madge Bellamy Edition [Inscribed To Le Roy Stone]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+++
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Milton Bradley Company
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 9 3/8" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autographs: Motion Picture and Performing Arts; Childrens Books 1851 -1900; Childrens Books 1901-1950;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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