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The Novels and Stories of Richard Harding Davis 12 Volume Set
by Davis, Richard Harding
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Good
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
NZ$3,314.80NZ$2,983.32
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Good. various. Each volume is 5.5"x7.75"x1.25". 300-360 pgs ea. Hunter green cloth boards. RHD letters embossed on front. Gilt letters on spine in title box. Each volume has a beautiful frontispiece w/tissue. Introductions by various people including THEODORE ROOSEVELT and WINSTON CHURCHILL. Each one has 3 to 11 Illustrations. Scribner's colophon on copyright page. Date on title page. Deckled edge. Unmarked. Spine straight binding tight, pages clean w/slight tone. Light soiling to covers with edge wear. Archival hinge tape applied to some on the title page and others. Covers are good++ but guts of books are very good. Volumes included are:
Van Bibber; The Red Cross Girl; Ranson's Folly; White Mice; The Man Who Could Not Lose; The Exiles and Other Stories; The Scarlet Car; The Lost Road; The Bar Sinister; Captain Macklin; Soldiers of Fortune; Gallegher and Other Stories.
Individual descriptions and photos available for each one.
Van Bibber; The Red Cross Girl; Ranson's Folly; White Mice; The Man Who Could Not Lose; The Exiles and Other Stories; The Scarlet Car; The Lost Road; The Bar Sinister; Captain Macklin; Soldiers of Fortune; Gallegher and Other Stories.
Individual descriptions and photos available for each one.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12571
- Title
- The Novels and Stories of Richard Harding Davis 12 Volume Set
- Author
- Davis, Richard Harding
- Illustrator
- various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1917
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Blacks Bookshop
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Argillite, Kentucky
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Copyright page
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Colophon
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