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The Wolf's Long Howl
by Waterloo, Stanley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899. Stanley Waterloo (1846-1913) is perhaps most remembered for the plagiarism done by Jack London. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Not a common book. Red cloth binding, with an impressive cover design by the art neouveau artist Will Bradley (1868-1962). Ruled and titled in black, with a round medalion containing a wolf's head in black and white. Clean text; 288 pages; top-edge is gilt; previous-owner inscription on FFEP. Mildly bumped, with a lean; spine shows some rub at head and foot, and is slightly faded. It remains a solid and attractive book. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004722
- Title
- The Wolf's Long Howl
- Author
- Waterloo, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Herbert S. Stone & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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