The Lost Road
by Richard Harding Davis, Illustrated by Wallace Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
N. Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913 Hard Cover. First Edition. 7 1/2 x 5 1/10. 266 pp. A superb collection of Richard Harding Davis's short stories. Beautiful brown cloth binding with paste on illustration in full colour: Young woman in riding skirt, boots, riding crip tucked under her arm. Gilt lettering on front and spine, rose motif. Min wear to corners. Very clean, excellent cond. Endpapers are ivory; previous owner's name beaut ifully written: "Mrs. Jackson". Full page etching by Morgan, glassine paper protector on page facing title page. 7 titles: The Lost Road, The Miracle of Las Palmas, Evil to Him Who Thinks Evil, The M a n of Zanzibar, The Long Arm, The God of Coincidence, The Buried Treasure of Cobre. Besides Frontpiece, 5 other full page illustrations. This is an exceptionally fine copy of this wonderful edition. Ov erall cond: v. good-near fine.. F.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001265
- Title
- The Lost Road
- Author
- Richard Harding Davis, Illustrated by Wallace Morgan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- F
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- N. Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913
- Keywords
- WALLACE MORGAN FICTION SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Ghost River Books
Biblio member since 2004
cremona, Alberta
About Ghost River Books
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