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THE GAME
by London, Jack
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1905. first edition, 2nd state. hardcover. Very good. Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence. 2nd state with Metropolitan Magazine stamp on copyright page. With illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence. Octavo, teal cloth covers with pictorial design and titles in red and white. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Former owner name on front paste-down endpaper. Studio
Synopsis
Many patterns of carpet lay rolled out before them on the floor two of Brussels showed the beginning of their quest, and its ending in that direction; while a score of ingrains lured their eyes and prolonged the debate between desire pocket-book. The head of the department did them the honor of waiting upon them himself or did Joe the honor, as she well knew, for she had noted the open-mouthed awe of the elevator boy who brought them up.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020840
- Title
- THE GAME
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- Henry Hutt and T.C. Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition, 2nd state
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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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