ST. IVES Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribners. Very Good+. 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Former owner's name on ffep "F.D. Cheney", otherwise clean and secure in original binding of dark gray cloth with gilt bordered emblem with green background and gilt image on front board, gilt lettering at spine. No illustrations. Frank Dexter Cheney (1878-1955) graduated from Yale in 1900. He and his wife Sara Otis Amory had five children. He worked for Cheney Bros. for 55 years and was the Chairman of the Board when he retired in 1955. He was a Director of Cheney Bros. and the Pioneer Parachute Co. and he was a trustee of Deerfield Academy and the Hotchkiss School. During World War I, Mr. Cheney was a Director of the Textile Alliance, a government agency that imported scarce fabrics for war industries. Subsequently, as Director of the Textile Foundation, he was charged with disbursing the earnings of the Textile Alliance for the benefit of the textile industry. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44591
- Title
- ST. IVES Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cheney Family, Frank Dexter Cheney, 19th Century Literature
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Antiquarian Book Shop
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.