Auld Licht Idylls and Better Dead. Scribner's, 1917. Author's Edition, Copyright 1897
by J.M. Barrie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine. See scans and description. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. The 1897-copyright Author's Edition of J.M. Barrie's 'Auld Licht Idylls and Better Dead', one of the Barrie volumes in Scribner's series, 'The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie'. Octavo, vivid forest green cloth, Top Edge Gilt, uncut fore-edge, frontis portrait photograph, tissue guard with 'J.M. Barrie' in red at the bottom, 289 pp. (x + 3 + 276 pp.). Fine, remarkably handsome and undamaged example, micro-wear at corners, bright and clean throughout; even the tissue guard is clean, white, and uncreased. Not too far from what its aspect must have been when new. See all scans. Early Barrie tales, in the case of both titles, based on his life in small-town, middle-class Scotland in the late 1880s. Hard to find in this superior condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course. L202
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63191
- Title
- Auld Licht Idylls and Better Dead. Scribner's, 1917. Author's Edition, Copyright 1897
- Author
- J.M. Barrie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Pages
- 289
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.40 lbs
- Keywords
- General, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Classics of Fiction From All Eras;
Terms of Sale
Singularity Rare & Fine
Books shipped when payment received by Biblio or by Singularity Rare & Fine. SR&F Reserves the right to delay shipping until checks have cleared. Returns accepted up to two weeks from date of sale, full refund of purchase price if received in the same condition. Domestic (U.S.) original shipping cost will also be refunded; original international shipping cost will not.
About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
About Singularity Rare & Fine
Rare and unique finds of all descriptions; it's the uniqueness, beauty or inherent fascination of the piece which places it here at singularity rare & fine.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...