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Thames Portrait
by ROBERTSON, E. Arnot [Eileen Arbuthnot Robertson]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1937. First US Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. H. E. Turner [Sir Henry] (photographer). Large 8vo. Pp. xi, 168. Frontis. full-page black & white photo reproduction. Illustrated with 54 photo reproductions some full-page. Light blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, sailboat illustration on the cover: edges and endpapers age toned, boards crisp and square, binding tight. In the photo illustrated dust jacket with price $4.00 intact on the front flap: edge-wear and light age-toning, along with short, closed tears. The novelist - photographer couple document a 250-mile cruise down the Thames. Dust jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6401
- Title
- Thames Portrait
- Author
- ROBERTSON, E. Arnot [Eileen Arbuthnot Robertson]
- Illustrator
- H. E. Turner [Sir Henry] (photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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