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The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
by Thomas Nelson Page
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Scribner, New York, 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. PAGE, THOMAS NELSON. The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock, New York: Scribner, 1900. Octavo, illustrated and expanded edition of a book that was released in 1897, pp. xii, 170, color plates, teal cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine and upper board, gilt and black illustration in vellum scroll on upper board (designed by Margaret Armstrong, initialed MA) 7 color plates by Howard Chandler Christy, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Poignant romance in the pre-auto era. BAL 15387. Condition of this book: Boards lightly worn, cover illustration darkening; rear hinge cracked. Leaves clean with scattered foxing, free front endpaper is lacking, images fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is loose but fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51624. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51624
- Title
- The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
- Author
- Thomas Nelson Page
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Fiction. Thomas Nelson Page The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
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Glossary
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- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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