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AMONG THE TREES. Limited edition signed by Richard St. Barbe Baker.
by Baker, Richard St. Barbe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Privately printed by the Men of the Trees, 1935. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto (4to). xiv, 97 pages of text. Hardcover binding with vellum spine and corners with moderate soiling, minor shelfwear, and a small bump to the bottom of the spine, remaining attractive and intact. Contains 46 black & white photographs. Limited to 1000 copies; this one signed by the author on the half-title page and hand-numbered "143." The top corner of the final few pages have a small crease. Previous owner's bookplate (dated 1935) neatly on the inside front cover. The text is clean and unmarked. Includes a list of original subscribers. First edition..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017127
- Title
- AMONG THE TREES. Limited edition signed by Richard St. Barbe Baker.
- Author
- Baker, Richard St. Barbe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Privately printed by the Men of the Trees
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- Quarto (4to)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
Glossary
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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.
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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