A STUDENT IN SICILY
by Jackson, Mrs. Nevill
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. With eight illustrations in colour, sixty-five in half-tone, and a map. First American edition. "A sketch book of Sicily's scenery, native types, buildings, gardens and garden furniture, describing the arts and crafts wrought by the people of almost every nation of the civilized world who, each in turn, have conquered or colonized Sicily." Original dark blue cloth binding, with decorative orange stamping. Small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. In the British dust jacket, which is a touch faded along the spine, with some occasional minor rubbing and edgewear; otherwise a crisp, very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51236
- Title
- A STUDENT IN SICILY
- Author
- Jackson, Mrs. Nevill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...