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A Maid in Arcady
by Barbour, Ralph Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, boards lightly worn, light foxing to first and last several leaves.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, boards lightly worn, light . foxing to first and last several leaves.. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth with color illustration on front boards surrounded by gilt frame. Top edges gilt. A dreamy romantic ovel about a young man that canoes down a Massachusetts river and sees a female vision. Nine colored photo plates and numerous other illustrations and photo vignettes. ; 214 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41990
- Title
- A Maid in Arcady
- Author
- Barbour, Ralph Henry
- Illustrator
- Frederic J. Von Rapp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, boards lightly worn, light foxing to first and last several leaves.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1900s Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- First Edition
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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...
- 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....
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