Wake-Robin
by John Burroughs
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York (and Cambridge, MA): Hurd and Houghton (and Riverside Press), 1871. Cloth. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY JOHN BURROUGHS IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1871 1st edition of the author's 2nd published book. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with decorative gilt-titling and insignia along the front panel and spine. Former owner bookplate (and brief written comment below it) at the front pastedown, light wear to the spine crown and just a bit of light chipping at the spine base. 12mo, also called at the half-title "The Return of the Birds"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15333
- Title
- Wake-Robin
- Author
- John Burroughs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton (and Riverside Press)
- Place of Publication
- New York (and Cambridge, MA)
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- rare nature writing, rare John Burroughs, signed John Burroughs, rare natural history, rare ornithology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....