The Magic Carpet: Poems for Travellers
by Richards, Mrs. Waldo \(editor\)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Fifth Impression.. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Fifth Impression. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Very clean dark blue cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering and sailing ship on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Very light surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Tasteful bookplate on front fixed endpaper, name neatly penned on front free endpaper. 511 pgs. Poems for travellers selected and compiled by Mrs. Waldo Richards--an excellent selection separated into groups for travelling to various places around the world, including the work of great poets throughout time..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012945
- Title
- The Magic Carpet: Poems for Travellers
- Author
- Richards, Mrs. Waldo \(editor\)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- Fifth Impression.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston/New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- POEMS TRAVEL POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Poetry;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.