The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature.
by Van Dyke, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.. Hardcover. Leather boards with gold lettering and design. 12mo. 7" - 7½" tall. 295 pp. No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Clark, W. Appleton. Good. Can see front hinge binding, chipping, tears on spine. Tight, clean, and bright interior pages. This edition is limited to 500 copies signed by the author. This copy is No. 47.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59-3226
- Title
- The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature.
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.
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- Literature & Linguistics;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....