The Ruby of Kishmoor
by Pyle, Howard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. A tale of an honorable man, a mysterious woman, a priceless gem, and the pirates who want it. 74 pages with all 10 color plates by the author intact. Slate green decorative boards with gilt print and to the upper edge of the text block. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine slightly sunned, with a small drip mark to the lower front near the spine. Binding solid, foxing and tanning to the plates and facing pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
Lysimachus, the son of Aristides the Just, and Melesias, the son of the elder Thucydides, two aged men who live together, are desirous of educating their sons in the best manner. Their own education, as often happens with the sons of great men, has been neglected; and they are resolved that their children shall have more care taken of them, than they received themselves at the hands of their fathers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230648
- Title
- The Ruby of Kishmoor
- Author
- Pyle, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 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...