THE VANISHED MESSENGER
by OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips; illustrated by TAFFS, C. M.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1914. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's brown cloth with white titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. With four full page illustrations by C. M. Taffs. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a penciled ownership name and date (1914) to the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the near very good dustwrapper that has several short tears and chips with loss to the edges, most notably at the bottom right corner of the upper panel (not affecting the illustration). This American edition precedes the UK edition, which was published by Methuen in 1916. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22619
- Title
- THE VANISHED MESSENGER
- Author
- OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips; illustrated by TAFFS, C. M.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1914
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...