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The Works of Booth Tarkington (The Autograph Edition--Complete in 12 Vols., Lettered, in Full Levant Morocco and Including a Tipped-In Manuscript Page)
by Booth Tarkington
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1918. Full leather. Near Fine. A magnificent set, complete in 12 stated volumes. A lettered copy (letter F), within a larger limitation of 565 copies. This set is not only signed by Booth Tarkington at the limitation (as called for) but also includes an additional suite of color plates at the frontispieces. Lavishly bound by Strikeman of New York in a full, light-brown, crushed levant morocco, the panels with triple-gilt fillet borders, framing lovely oval bands of gilt floral design. Intricate gilt-tooling and gilt-design within the compartments. Doublures of navy-blue crushed levant, top-edges gilt. Each octavo volume uniformly crisp and bright, the set easily meriting a Near Fine and bordering on truly Fine. AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY OF ALL, TIPPED-IN AT VOL. I (JUST OPPOSITE THE COPYRIGHT PAGE) IS AN ORGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM "THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA". The page is clean and eminently legible and its inclusion makes this set "The Manuscript Edition" as well, the only one this bookseller has been able to locate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16596
- Title
- The Works of Booth Tarkington (The Autograph Edition--Complete in 12 Vols., Lettered, in Full Levant Morocco and Including a Tipped-In Manuscript Page)
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- rare bindings, rare Booth Tarkington, rare autograh editions, Strikeman Binders
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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