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First Editions of American Authors
by STONE Herbert Stuart
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine lettering faded, a few scuffs to covers and some light wear at extremities.
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge: Stone & Kimball, 1893. Spine lettering faded, a few scuffs to covers and some light wear at extremities.. 12mo. xxiv, 223, [1] pages. Original gilt-lettered green beveled cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. FIRST EDITION of the first book by Stone & Kimball, written by one of the publishers while both were still at Harvard. Introduction by Eugene Field. Kramer 2.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406598
- Title
- First Editions of American Authors
- Author
- STONE Herbert Stuart
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine lettering faded, a few scuffs to covers and some light wear at extremities.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Stone & Kimball
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- books about books; Literature;
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About the Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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