TWO PRISONERS. By Thomas Nelson Page. Illustrated in Color by Virginia Keep
by Page, Thomas Nelson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: R.H. Russell, 1903.. 1903.. Good. ILLUSTRATED WITH 5 COLOR PLATES BY VIRGINIA KEEP - Octavo, 7-7/8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine with a floral decoration in blind on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The covers are slightly bumped and cocked. 82 deckle-edged pages, illustrated with 5 color plates by Virginia Keep. The overlapping edges of a few pages are slightly creased. One of the plates is loose (but present) and its edges are slightly creased and chipped. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26756
- Title
- TWO PRISONERS. By Thomas Nelson Page. Illustrated in Color by Virginia Keep
- Author
- Page, Thomas Nelson
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: R.H. Russell, 1903.
- Date Published
- 1903.
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; TWO PRISONERS; THOMAS NELSON PAGE; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; VIRGINIA KEEP; HISTORICAL FICTION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
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