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The Main Road A Novel
by WARREN, Maud Radford
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock. 8vo. Pp. 390, [1]. Frontis. color portrait by Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock with tissue guard. Bound in bright red cloth with gilt lettering and flourish stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Former owner name and date (1913) on front free endpaper. In the illustrated dust jacket, which repeats the Hitchcock frontispiece on the front panel. A remarkably well preserved copy, with dust jacket, now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve, in really good shape.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5714
- Title
- The Main Road A Novel
- Author
- WARREN, Maud Radford
- Illustrator
- Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1913
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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...
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