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MYSTERY OF THE WEST (1906)
by Dodge, Henry Nehemiah
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Richard G. Badger. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright clean green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Tight clean & intact copy. Top edge gilt. In original glassine Dust Jacket & protected in a mylar cover. The first poem descibes the earliest discoveries of America including the life of Columbus. The second part "CHANT FOR THE CHILDREN OF MYSTERY" describes the coming of the many ethnicities that make up America: Hebrews, Italian, German Hungarian, Finns, Armenians, etc. Poetry, Americana; Thin 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 61 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2711
- Title
- MYSTERY OF THE WEST (1906)
- Author
- Dodge, Henry Nehemiah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard G. Badger
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Poetry; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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