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Trooper Tales
de Comfort, Will Levington
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/No Jacket
- Librería
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Street & Smith, 1899. Will Comfort (1878-1932) served in the cavalry during the Spanish American War. This is his first published work; later he wrote adventure novels, some of which were made into movies. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, presented in a nice decorative binding. Tan cloth, with the figure of a soldier blowing a bugle. Stamping is filled in black and gilt. Clean text; 248 pages, with two pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Light wear at the margins; spine a bit faded; front hinge has cracked but is holding nicely. No dustjacket. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002601
- Título
- Trooper Tales
- Autor
- Comfort, Will Levington
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition.
- Editorial
- Street & Smith
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1899
- Catálogos del vendedor
- American History;
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Sobre el vendedor
Quercus Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Chico, California
Sobre 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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
