New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913. This handsome edition of The Wine-Press is a sixth printing and is in Very Good+ condition (click on photo). The book is bound in a green ribbed cloth with a gilt border, lettering, and a Pegasus vignette on the front panel, as well as gilt spine lettering. With only minimal shelfwear, this clean, bright copy is tightly bound, and with signatures and embossment by former owners on the front endpapers. The book measures 5 by 7 1/4 inches and includes 49 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Grimalkin Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000968
Title: The Wine-Press: A Tale of War
Author: Noyes, Alfred
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1913
Keywords: British Poetry, Literature
Bookseller catalogs: British Literature; Poetry;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Grimalkin Books

Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.

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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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....
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...