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The Rise of Silas Lapham [provenance: William Theodore Peters]
by Howells, William D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Co, 1885. Hardcover. Fair +. [4], 515 p.; 20 cm. Green cloth with embossed gilt spine and cover titles with black decoration. Publisher's advertisement for other works by the author on page facing title page. Light green endpapers. Former owner's dated signature on front fixed endpaper: "William Theodore Peters 1887." With his small armorial engraved bookplate with motto: "Sans Dieu Rien." Attached to the front free endpaper is a circular portrait of the author William D. Howells, cut out of a catalog or magazine, possibly by Peters. William Theodore Peters (1862-1904) was an American poet and actor who spent his most of his career in Europe, dying in Paris. In Fair+ Condition: cocked; loss at ends of spine and along back joint; cover is soiled; corners are heavily rubbed; occasional light soiling on pages.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009766
- Title
- The Rise of Silas Lapham [provenance: William Theodore Peters]
- Author
- Howells, William D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1885
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Classic Books and Ephemera
If the item is not as described, the buyer must contact us within 72 hours of their receipt of it. We will refund the full amount with the costs of return shipping within 24 hours of receipt of the item.
About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
Biblio member since 2006
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
About Classic Books and Ephemera
We have a large stock, focusing primarily, but by no means exclusively, on 16th- to mid-19th-century books in English, French, and German in the fields of history, travel, and the arts, and children's books; late 19th- and early 20th-century military prints and postcards; and manuscripts, deeds, maps, and printed ephemera of all periods and disciplines.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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