Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. This collection of essays was first published in England in 1881. This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing of the First American Edition, part of the publisher's "Cameo Editions." Dark green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine; the front cover is ruled in gilt with the designated white cameo within a gilt-ruled circle. The Cameo Editions are rather surprisingly uncommon. Clean text; 224 pages, with a frontis portrait etching by G. Mercier; top-edge is gilt. Bumped; rubbed at the margins. Still, a rather attractive little book.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by G. Mercier. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004947
- Title
- Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Illustrator
- G. Mercier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...