New York: Scribner's, 1908. Book. Illus. by Armstrong, Margaret (binding); Clark, W. Appleton. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. 12mo.. New York: Scribner's, 1908. First edition. DECORATIVE BINDING BY MARGARET ARMSTRONG. 12mo. Dark blue cloth with design in gilt and green. Gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. 296 pp. Two-color frontispiece and illustrations by W. Appleton Clark, 8 plates in total. Laid paper, rough-cut. Bump to one corner. Gift inscription. Front decorative board, spine and top edge bright. Very good..

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Bookseller: Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016977
Title: The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature
Author: Van Dyke, Henry
Illustrator: Armstrong, Margaret (binding); Clark, W. Appleton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Scribner's
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1908
Size: 12mo.
Bookseller catalogs: Rare Modern First Editions; Women's Studies;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
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....