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The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Original terracotta cloth titled in gilt. First issue without "Brown of Calaveras." Spine ends, one point, and hinges have been mended. Prelims and rear endpage have some edgewear/edge chipping. P. 185 has a 4cm closed tear. Mild soil to cloth. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 75 pages .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40027
- Title
- The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1870
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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...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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