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ON THE OLD TRAIL
por Harte, Bret
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good
- Livreiro
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: C. Arthur Pearson. Very Good. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 317 pages; Contents clean and tight in original pictorial cloth binding showing a horse and rider on the front board, light blue background a bit rubbed, but still quite nice, bright gilt lettering at spine, light toning to endpapers. Former owner's attractive leather book label on front endpaper - John Stuart Groves, noted bibliophile and member of the Lincoln Club of Delaware, whose collection of Lincolniana resides at the University of Delaware Library.Groves was a Delawarean who graduated from Wilmington High School in 1900. Early in his career, he joined the E.I. Du Pont Company, working in the Experimental Laboratory in Wilmington, DE. Later, he was the Superintendant of E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company's alcohol distillery No. 630 and a member of the Kinloch Gun Club, both in Georgetown, South Carolina. In 1938 many books from Groves' collection were auctioned. .
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 39345
- Título
- ON THE OLD TRAIL
- Autor
- Harte, Bret
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- C. Arthur Pearson
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1902
- Dimensão
- 8vo.
- Palavras-chave
- Western Literature, The American West
Termos da venda
Antiquarian Book Shop
We are long-time professional booksellers and value our customers. We make every attempt to describe our inventory with care and package items carefully for shipping. Discretionary returns will be refunded the price of the book, exclusive of shipping expenses. We make every reasonable effort to make sure customers have a good experience purchasing from us.
Sobre o Vendedor
Antiquarian Book Shop
Membro de Biblio desde 2017
Washington, District of Columbia
Sobre Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
Glossário
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
