Alice of Old Vincennes
by THOMPSON, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, The Bowen-Merrill Company [1900]., 1900. First edition. 8vo. Color frontispiece and 5 plates by F.C. Yohn. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and brown, light blue, dark blue and white with a scene of a fort. Fine, fresh. Enclosed in a 1/2 green morocco slipcase with red leather labels on spine and folding chemise. Heraldic bookplate of Francis Dana on the front pastedown.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223334
- Title
- Alice of Old Vincennes
- Author
- THOMPSON, Maurice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Indianapolis, The Bowen-Merrill Company [1900].
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Palm Springs, California
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
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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...
- Morocco
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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....