London: Macmillan, 1909. Gilt title with ornate gilt front board of birds and foliage on blue cloth boards which are clean with some wear to head of spine and fading to spine. Internally there is a contemporary name and date to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. All edges gilt. 48 illustrations by Hugh Thomson. xxxii + 286 pages. The American author (1849-1925) was a novelist and short story writer whose work often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. C3B. Hard Cover. Good AEG/No Jacket. Illus. by Thomson, Hugh. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Goldring Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000865
Title: A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath
Author: Allen, James Lane
Illustrator: Thomson, Hugh
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good AEG
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1909
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: KENTUCKY, AMERICAN AUTHOR
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction - American Authors;

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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....
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...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.