Tennessee's Partner; [An Introduction by William Dallam Armes] [Western Classics No. Three]
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. First Edition. Near Fine. J. H. Nash, Typography. limited to 1,000 copies on handmade paper [7x5in]; xiv, [1], 38 pp., [1] colophon, photogravure frontispiece by Albertine Randall Wheelan; Black paper covers with vellum back strip, gilt lettering on spine and front with floral design, beveled edges, top edge gilt, other edges deckled, black end papers, silk ribbon marker; Minor soiling to covers and spine, minimal shelf wear to edges, ribbon frayed at end and fragile.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13201
- Title
- Tennessee's Partner; [An Introduction by William Dallam Armes] [Western Classics No. Three]
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Illustrator
- J. H. Nash, Typography
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1907
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...