A Window in Thrums
by Barrie, J. M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp; (i)-7., 217; blue cloth with bevelled edges, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; a lovely copy; previous owner's name on a preliminary, a small stain on the spine;. Cutler 16. A variant; Cutler calls for green cloth & green endpapers, this copy in blue cloth has blue coated endpapers. Also he makes no note of bevelled edges or top edge gilt and only indicates gilt lettering on the spine, this copy has the lettering on the spine and front board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15246
- Title
- A Window in Thrums
- Author
- Barrie, J. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....