The Social Secretary
by Phillips, David Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
A$76.12A$57.09
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, 1905. Book. Illus. by Clarence F. Underwood. VG+. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed October 1905 by the Press of Braunworth & Co., so stated.Blue cloth with gilt tiles to front and spine with decorative floral designs to the same. 198 pp. This copy is VG+ ( near fine) . Exterior is rich and clean with minimal wearing, crimping , or rubbing. (some to the spine) . Inside has neat PO script name to title page dated December 1905. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and firmly bound. Frontispiece by Underwood with tissue guard with 10 additional illustrations. Decorations by Ralph Ftetcher Seymour.Very nice..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001783
- Title
- The Social Secretary
- Author
- Phillips, David Graham
- Illustrator
- Clarence F. Underwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs- Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Indiana Authors, Publishers, Topics, & Association;
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Bailey Bonzo Books
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- Title Page
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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