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The Story of Waitstill Baxter (SIGNED)
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas; Illustrated by H.M. Brett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Signed by Wiggin + five line quote: "Men may come & men may go but Saco Water still tumbles tumultuously over the dam on its way to the open sea." First edition, 1913, hardcover with gilt stamped green cloth boards, octavo, 372pp., illustrated in color. Book VG+ with mild edgewear, rubbing and toning, title gilt on spine dulled but legible, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ, but in archival mylar wrap.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C000023913
- Title
- The Story of Waitstill Baxter (SIGNED)
- Author
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas; Illustrated by H.M. Brett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Literature
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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