The Story of a Bad Boy
by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original green cloth, spine gilt, brown endpapers. Some rubbing and shaken, typical browning and soiling, else a very good copy
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22896
- Title
- The Story of a Bad Boy
- Author
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's advertisements at the back, some dated 1870, frontispiece and illustrations including one by Sol Eytinge Jr. and Har
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth, spine gilt, brown endpapers. Some rubbing and shaken, typical browning and soiling, else a very good copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first state with "scattered" on page 14 line 20 a
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...