AS WE WERE SAYING
by Warner, Chas. [Charles] Dudley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. 220 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ title in gilt, and gilt decoration on front cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down; owner's name, Francis Wilson, 1892 (Philadelphia actor b. 1854--d. 1935) on front blank endpaper. Bottom corner of title page torn. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER ON VERSO OF FRONTISPIECE. Previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. Hinges tender. Collection of essays on a variety of topics. Illust. w/ b/w drawings.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Harry Whitney McVickar and Others. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7994
- Title
- AS WE WERE SAYING
- Author
- Warner, Chas. [Charles] Dudley
- Illustrator
- Harry Whitney McVickar and Others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- LITERATURE GENERAL ESSAYS SOCIETY SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIOLOGY SOCIALISM SOCIAL SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY LITERARY WORKS ILLUSTRATED MCVICKAR HARRY WHITNEY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Essays; Philosophy;
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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