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Over the Footlights. [With Original Silver Print Portrait Photograph] - [In two parts: "Over the Footlights" and "Other Fancies". The cover was designed by John Held, Jr.]
by LEACOCK, Stephen
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto. S.B. Gundy. 1923. 12mo, 19cm, The First Canadian Edition, 285p., original fine pebbled red cloth, gilt spine titles (mostly flaking off), blind stamp title bordered on the upper cover, slight foxing on the endpapers, in price-clipped colour illustrated jacket, early archival tape repairs on the verso of the jacket and worn or chipped on the edges, a very good to fine copy in good to very good dust jacket. (Lt). Together with: Laid-in is an original silver print portrait of Leacock measuring 7.5x 12.5cm [3"x 5"], some oxidation as expected on a silver print photograph; mounted on grey stock paper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42484
- Title
- Over the Footlights. [With Original Silver Print Portrait Photograph] - [In two parts: "Over the Footlights" and "Other Fancies". The cover was designed by John Held, Jr.]
- Author
- LEACOCK, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Toronto. S.B. Gundy
- Keywords
- canada, canadian literature, fiction, novel, silver print portrait photograph, leacock, humour, first canadian edition
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Cash With Order - Visa, MasterCard and Cheques. We try to ship every order within twenty four hours. Professional responsible parcels. Postage and gst (if app.) are extra, at cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. Restocking charge on certain orders. Return condition responsibility of the customer
About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Since 1969 we've been selling rare books. We have published 292 catalogues of rare, scare and interesting books in a wide variety of subjects. Our specialites include.... Arctic, Canadian History and Travel, The Americas, Fishing and Angling, Ireland, General Antiquarian, and Military History. We issue 7-10 catalogues per year. Let us know if you'd like to join our mailing list.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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