Observations on a Salmon River.
by Frank Gray Griswold:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Privately printed, 1922. The second edition (hardback). 8vo, vi, 159pp. Frontispiece and 18 plates. Original full crimson morocco, gilt titling to the front board and the spine gilt motif to the front board, top edge gilt. Light rubbing to the extremities of the binding, some bowing of the boards, else this copy is in very good condition. Signed by the author "To Lizzie from Frank, 1922". This is the expanded second edition, dated 1922 on the title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20954
- Title
- Observations on a Salmon River.
- Author
- Frank Gray Griswold:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed, 1922.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...