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A Dreamer's Tales and other stories
by Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany); Sidney Sime (illustrations
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Without dust jacket
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: George Allen & Sons, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket . A scarce title in good condition only. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, ix + 252 pages + 9 b&w illustrated plates (accounted for), gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on light blue cloth, publisher's name at the base of the spine, illustrator's name not given. A good copy only of the first edition, with general shelf wear and rubbing to the cloth at the edges, front panel cloth discolored, back strip darkened and fraying at top and bottom; BUT interior very good, clean, sturdy, hinges and binding solid, paper moderate to lightly yellowed with little foxing, and an old catalog listing slip laid in at the back endpaper as well as a number stamp. Lacking dust jacket. This copy is worthy of binding restoration and priced accordingly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38118
- Title
- A Dreamer's Tales and other stories
- Author
- Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany); Sidney Sime (illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Without dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Fiction; English Literature; Literary Studies; Literature, fantasy
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About the Seller
Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Newmarket, New Hampshire
About Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
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Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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