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ROADS OF DESTINY
by Henry, O. (William Sydney Porter)
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. 1st edition, 1st state. Cloth. Very Good. 1st edition, first state. Missing "h" on pg 9 line 6. Very Good. 8vo., vi, 376 pp. Bound in red cloth, with title on front board and spine in gilt. Light shelf wear, particularly at the spine's crown. The fore edge of the text block is beginning to speckle.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24803
- Title
- ROADS OF DESTINY
- Author
- Henry, O. (William Sydney Porter)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition, 1st state
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
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Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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