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EMMA A PLAY. Inscribed by Percy MacKaye
by MACKAYE, Marion Morse
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's blue cloth with a wood-block device in gilt, designed for the author by Gordon Craig, on the upper panel, octavo, pp. xv, 182, + "Four Comments." Full-page frontis portrait of the author and three other illustrations, as called for. Marion Morse MACKAYE died in France in 1939. Her widower, Percy, inscribed this book on the free front endpaper to a Massachusetts resident in 1943. Condition is FAIR-only. Book is cocked from being stored at a leaning angle on a book shelf. Cloth is soiled at spine ends. Spine lettering faded. Rear hinge beginning to show signs of tenderness. Internally clean and unmarked. There is no dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3864
- Title
- EMMA A PLAY. Inscribed by Percy MacKaye
- Author
- MACKAYE, Marion Morse
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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