Rahwedia: A True Romance of the South Seas
by Smith, C. Harold
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Hardcover. xiii, 213p., illustrated with a single image in color photography set at the frontispiece. Hardbound in ribbed red cloth-covered boards gilt. Top edge dusty, casing mildly cocked, front endsheets bear an inked presentation message datelined year of publication and signed with author's rubberstamp facsimile and (lord love us) his fingerprints. Opposite this message are a nice bookplate, a seller's stamp, and a different seller's penciled notes. A good copy, basically sound, otherwise cleanly and unmarked. Romance set among the Maori people in New Zealand. C.H. Smith, along with his cousin and business partner Edwin Binney, was the inventor of Crayola crayons.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 297973
- Title
- Rahwedia: A True Romance of the South Seas
- Author
- Smith, C. Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1920S; Anthropology; Ethnic relations; Ethnology;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...