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The March of the White Guard
by Parker, Gilbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, 1902. The Canadian author [Sir] Gilbert Parker (1862-1932) had several best-selling novels; during World War I he was an effective propagandist for the Allies. He also had a political career. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Red cloth binding with decoration in green, white, and gilt on the front cover; titling on the spine in gilt. Clean text; 133 pages, decorative endpapers Frontis illustration and six others within by W.E.B. Starkweather. Contemporary (1906) gift inscription on the FFEP; tiny bookseller label on the rear paste-down. Rubbing to the margins, heavier at the head and foot of the spine. No dustjacket. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by W.E.B. Starkweather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006693
- Title
- The March of the White Guard
- Author
- Parker, Gilbert
- Illustrator
- W.E.B. Starkweather
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R.F. Fenno & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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