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The Gentleman from Indiana - 2 Books - One Inscribed
por Booth Tarkington
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Very Good
- Livreiro
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Sobre este item
New York: Doubleday & McClure Company. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. Two first edition copies, one of them signed and inscribed. The first copy is 1st edition, 1st issue with a first state binding. It has both mistakes on page 245, with line 12 ending in "eye" and line 16 reading "so pretty". Pictorial cloth boards with top stain. Ear of the corn pointing up as per first state binding. Book is about VG with owner name and stamp in the front dated November 1899. The 2nd copy Is a first edition, 3rd state with both mistakes on page 245 corrected. Also with 2nd state binding with ear of the corn pointing down. Signed and with a wonderful inscription by Booth Tarkington, in which he quotes from Lewis Carroll's; "The Walrus and the carpenter", which is also the title of chapter IV of the novel. Inscription dated Febr 21st 1900. 2nd copy maybe Good+ , shows some loses to the spine. Inside front hinge showing some separation with the front free endpaper lose (containing inscription). A great set showing the issue points for the first edition with a wonderful inscription by Tarkington. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 384 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Livreiro
- Rare Collections
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 5
- Título
- The Gentleman from Indiana - 2 Books - One Inscribed
- Autor
- Booth Tarkington
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Doubleday & McClure Company
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1899
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Glossário
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- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
