Frederick A. Stokes, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, a bit grubby, some fading to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket. Bookplate at front paste down, and store plate at rear paste down; pages foxed. Text else unmarked.

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Bookseller: The Book Bin (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BBS-2016676
Title: The Splendid Idle Forties
Author: Atherton, Gertrude
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Date Published: 1902
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...