The River's Children
by Ruth McEnery Stuart
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
A$114.06A$85.54
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Century Co., 1904. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Rich Forest green cloth with publisher's gilt device to the front. Gilt lettering to the spine.Published October, 1904, so stated. This copy is FINE. Exterior is rich. Gilt is bright. Edges are sharp. Inside has neat , pencil gift inscription dated Christmas, 1904. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and lightly toned. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Pictures by Barry C. Edwards. Also laid in is a 8 page ad for "Books worth your reading " published by Century, which is as new. Brilliant..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002104
- Title
- The River's Children
- Author
- Ruth McEnery Stuart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Bailey Bonzo Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
Glossary
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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