Drowsy
by Mitchell, John Ames
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1917. John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918) was a publisher, architect, artist, and novelist. This is a Very Good copy of his last novel, speculative fiction that involves a spaceship and trips to the Moon and Mars. [Bleiler, 141] Blue cloth binding with a decorative gilt label on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; vi, 301 pages. "With Illustrations by Angus Macdonal and the Author." Frontis and 17 others within. Some light rub to the margins and the gilt (which remains perfectly readable. Lacking a dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Angus Macdonall and J.A. Mitchell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006459
- Title
- Drowsy
- Author
- Mitchell, John Ames
- Illustrator
- Angus Macdonall and J.A. Mitchell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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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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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....