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Armazindy
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original red buckram stamped in gilt. Custom clamshell case. Touch of shelfwear, but a very fine copy
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co, 1894. Holiday Edition," first edition, second state. Frontispiece portrait and five photogravure plates. vii, [2, blank], 1-76, [2, blank], 77-169 pp. 8vo. Original red buckram stamped in gilt. Custom clamshell case. Touch of shelfwear, but a very fine copy. Holiday Edition," first edition, second state. Frontispiece portrait and five photogravure plates. vii, [2, blank], 1-76, [2, blank], 77-169 pp. 8vo. With five photogravure plates. The holiday issue of the first edition, illustrated with five excellent photogravure plates not found in the regular issue. BAL 16602; Russo pp 51ff. Provenance: Mrs. J Insley Blair (morocco Blairhame bookplate)
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306166
- Title
- Armazindy
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait and five photogravure plates. vii, [2, blank], 1-76, [2, blank], 77-169 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original red buckram stamped in gilt. Custom clamshell case. Touch of shelfwear, but a very fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Holiday Edition," first edition, second state
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- American | James Whitcomb Riley
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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...
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