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Afloat in a Great City A Story of Strange Incidents
by Munsey, Frank A. (Andrew)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frank A. Munsey. 1897. Hardcover. First US edition [with matching dates on the title and copyright pages]. Juvenile adventure novel [about a boy in New York] that was originally serialized in The Argosy magazine. Green cloth [about 4.5" x 6.75"] with gold gilt spine lettering/rules/decoration, 309 pages plus 6 pages of ads at the rear. Fair copy with spine somewhat cocked,some fraying to the head, corners lightly bumped with wear to the tips, binding cracked at the title page, fore-edge tearing/creasing to the ads at the rear. See photos .box 7
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73147
- Title
- Afloat in a Great City A Story of Strange Incidents
- Author
- Munsey, Frank A. (Andrew)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Frank A. Munsey
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Pages
- 309
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JUVENILE, ADVENTURE, FICTION, NEW, YORK
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Action & Adventure;
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North Providence, Rhode Island
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We are biblioboybiblioboy dealers in Books, Stamps, Ephemera, Victorian Trade cards, Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Engravings, and much more. I started out as a book collector and soon progressed to owning a book store with over 80,000 books and more than 10,000 pieces of ephemera, postcards, and other items. I exhibited my stock for years at book and paper shows around the eastern United States. As the book and paper business has changed over the years, I have changed the way I do business to evolve with the times. I now offer my items for sale on the web only, through my various listing services and web sites. Being a a collector, as well as a dealer, I understand the importance of condition, as well as rarity of an item, and the desire to own scarce and one of a kind items.
Glossary
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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...
- 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,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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"...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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