Antiquamania, The Collected Papers of Professor Milton Kilgallen
by Roberts, Kenneth L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First Edition Stated. HB. Quarter brown cloth and paper covered boards with black lettering on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine, large 12mo, 260 pp., yellow endpapers, top edge of text block stained blue. With further illustrations, elucidations and wood-cuts by Booth Tarkington. No marks in book, binding solid. Minor moisture stain last half of book at top of pages, not affecting text, lacking ffep. Front hinge cracked. Covers show minor soiling, bottom corners worn. Still, a decent copy of this poorly produced work. Gilt lettering on spine readable but faded. Book condition VG-.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DG5230
- Title
- Antiquamania, The Collected Papers of Professor Milton Kilgallen
- Author
- Roberts, Kenneth L
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectables;
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Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
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- 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,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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