Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders
by George Wharton Edwards
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/none
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1916. First Edition. Publishers pictorial binding. Very Good Plus/none. George Wharton Edwards. First Edition, 1916, quarto, 11.25 tall by 8.25 wide, 212 pages including index, 30 color illustrations with captioned tissue guards, top edge gilt, protected in a custom mylar sleeve, book tight and square, corners have light wear one bottom corner showing a bit of cardboard,, No previous owner bookplate or writing, Book is at least Very Good Plus or better, bright gilt title illustration and title to front board, spine nice and bright. A very solid First Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3856
- Title
- Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders
- Author
- George Wharton Edwards
- Illustrator
- George Wharton Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Publishers pictorial binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Penn Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Flanders, George Wharton Edwards
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.