The Unknown Quantity: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales
by Van Dyke, Henry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Very Good+. Margaret Armstrong. 8vo. First edition. Illustrated. Blue cloth decorative cover with gilt design and lettering by Margaret Armstrong. Binding is tight and clean. Light shelf wear to spine end. Previous Owner's name stamp on interior of front endboard. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Denali Bay LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000096
- Title
- The Unknown Quantity
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Illustrator
- Margaret Armstrong
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1912
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Denali Bay LLC
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Silver Spring, Maryland
About Denali Bay LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.