A Boy's Town
by W.D. Howells
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
A$229.94A$172.45
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1890. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Decorative blue/ green hard cover with gilt lettering to front and spine. Described for " Harper's Young People". Illustrated. First Edition, first state with the caption facing pp.110, in the snow , " celebrating the Fourth" and the canal illustration on the Verso of the contents page. This copy is VG . Exterior has slight rubs to spine ends, a bit of flecking to rear board. Gilt is bright. Covers are rich. Inside has a lined out PO signature and a tipped in "Howells Edition" ( from IU) to the front paste down. FEP has a neat PO signature from 1920. Text is unmarked, crisp, and tight with modest toning. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002966
- Title
- A Boy's Town
- Author
- W.D. Howells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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