The Idiot at Home
by Bangs, John Kendrick
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1900. Book. Illus. by Richards, F. T.. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 314 pp + ii adverts, frontis b&w portrait, ovre 40 b&w illustrations, Previous owner's bookplate affixed to fr psatedown, else 4.8" x 7" brown cloth boards with white design & letters on fr cover and spine. Gilt top edge, rough fore and bottom edges. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. in glassine wrapper..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006974
- Title
- The Idiot at Home
- Author
- Bangs, John Kendrick
- Illustrator
- Richards, F. T.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- John Kendrick Bangs - American humorist b. 1862 - d. 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- 12mo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- First Edition
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