Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds, and, in Elucidation of the Same, over 200 Drawings
by Seton-Thompson, Ernest (Thompson Seton)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Book. Illus. by Seton-Thompson, Ernest. Fair. Decorative Silk. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Stated first impression, October 12, 1901. Ochre silk with gilt and brown decoration and titles in blind. 360 pp., rough-cut. Hinges cracked open, nick and soiling to spine and front board. Clean text block, a few pages loosening. Still decent reader's copy in fair condition..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008807
- Title
- Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds, and, in Elucidation of the Same, over 200 Drawings
- Author
- Seton-Thompson, Ernest (Thompson Seton)
- Illustrator
- Seton-Thompson, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Children's Books;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...