RAGGED LADY
by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.: HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS, 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1899 FIRST EDITION. COPYRIGHT 1899. 357pp. RED CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/PUBLISHER ON SPINE COVER AND FRONT BOARD WITH STAMPED/EMBOSSED SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR IN LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/4". CONDITION: VERY GOOD, BUMPED SPINE COVER CROWN/HEEL, VERY GENTLY SUNNED SPINE COVER, GENTLY RUBBED CORNERS, FIRST INSIDE BOARD PAGE REMOVED AT GUTTER, SOME LIGHT SPOTTING ON MARGIN OF TEXT ON A FEW PAGES, GENTLY RUBBED EDGES OF SPINE COVER PARALLEL TO HINGE OF BOARDS, LIGHT PENCIL PRICE NOTES ON FRONT/REAR BOARD PAGE CORNERS, LIGHT SPOTTING OF UPPER LEAF EDGE, CLOTH HAS SOME VERY LIGHT SPORADIC SPOTTING, TEXT PAGES BRIGHT AND CLEAN, STRONG SPINE. VERY NICE BOOK.
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Details
- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000136
- Title
- RAGGED LADY
- Author
- WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- RAGGED LADY, WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Classics, General, General, Literary
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
De Coux and Associates Books
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Crockett, California
About De Coux and Associates Books
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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...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...