Phantom Crown: The Story of Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico (signed)
by HARDING, BERTITA
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1934. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed with author's full name - Bertita Leonarz de Harding - on reverse of frontispiece. VERY GOOD+ BOOK - VERY SLIGHT RUBBING TO BRIGHT, CLEAN BOARDS WITH BRIGHT GILT LETTERINF. STRAIGHT CORNERS. TIGHT BINDING.. CLEAN INTERIOR WITH SIGHT FOXING TO REVERSE OF FRONTISPIECE, SLIGHT FOXING TO TOP EDGE. FAIR DUST JACKET HAS ORIGINAL $3.50 PRICE, CHIPS, TEARS, SEPARATION AT SPINE FOLD, AND FADED SPINE.
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- Bookseller
- Mark Post, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22600
- Title
- Phantom Crown: The Story of Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico (signed)
- Author
- HARDING, BERTITA
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mark Post, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Mark Post, Bookseller
Specializing in American, European, and Military History, and all sujects relating to Scotland. Also a large selection of uncommon first editions of literature, including historical and western fiction.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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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