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DRUMS
by Wyeth, N. C.; Boyd, James
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Pp. xii+408(last blank)+[2](advertisement, verso blank), coloured pictorial title page and 14 plates, black & white pictorial headpieces, coloured pictorial endpapers; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with large coloured pictorial onlay (which is a trifle rubbed) on upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed, the spine extremities frayed; fore-edges uncut; fore-upper hinge starting, fore-edge of upper free endpaper lightly bruised and slightly chipped, bookplate and inked ownership inscription on blank preliminary leaf, scattered light foxing; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1928. First trade edition. Allen, p. 199. Scribner's Illustrated Classics series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166630
- Title
- DRUMS
- Author
- Wyeth, N. C.; Boyd, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
Terms of Sale
Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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About the Seller
Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
Biblio member since 2022
Melbourne, Victoria
About Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
The bookshop has an impressive but informal salon style and an open-door policy. It is situated in the heart of Melbourne's premier street and is hailed as one of Australia's best bookshops.
Browsers are always welcome, and we are happy to provide personal service when required, including assistance in the selection of gifts for all occasions.
Browsers are always welcome, and we are happy to provide personal service when required, including assistance in the selection of gifts for all occasions.
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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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