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Betty Zane
by Grey, P. Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Francis Press, 1903. xii,(2),15-291 pp. Octavo. Original highly decorated cloth binding. Gilt title on spine and front board. Boards are very clean with little soiling. Top edge of text block trimmed with other two edges untrimmed. Frontis portrait with original tissue guard. half title. Small stain on the front pastedown from a bookplate. 5 full page illustrations. A very clean crisp copy. Zane Grey's scarce first book. Copies in clean crisp condition like this example are even more uncommon. 1903
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143528
- Title
- Betty Zane
- Author
- Grey, P. Zane
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Francis Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- first novels
Terms of Sale
Aquila Books
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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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