THE RED FLOWER: POEMS WRITTEN IN WAR TIME.
by Van Dyke, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good reading copy only./No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. 52 pp, 7 3/8" H, gray boards with dark blue cloth spine, blue lettering/border and red flower device on front board. A collection of poems about the First World War. There is an Xmas message dated 1917 on the front free endpaper and a contemporary Xmas sticker (bluebird with wreath) on the bottom right hand corner of the front cover. An early owner has glued related poems by Rupert Brooke, Rudyard Kipling, Richard Le Gallienne, Lauchlan MacLean Watt and others clipped from newspapers (browned) on the bottom of page 52 and on the following blank pages. Pages lightly browned - mainly preliminaries, browning to edges of text block, moderate edge wear, rubbing and some areas of discoloration on front board, very small corner bumps. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good reading copy only./No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23770
- Title
- THE RED FLOWER: POEMS WRITTEN IN WAR TIME.
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good reading copy only.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- First World War, I, France, Belgium, Jeanne D'Arc, Holland, Netherlands, America, USA, Oxford thrushes, Ships.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Military - First World War; Military - Poetry & Plays;
Terms of Sale
Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
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Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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