Autumn Leaves
by Barton, Ardelia M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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BERKELEY, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Press of Bruce Brough. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth over beveled boards, gilt decoration of leaf on front and lettering to front and spine, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of author with facsimile signature (protected by glassine). ; 5" x 7"; xii, 231 pp; Early presswork by Bruce Brough, who later worked with John Henry Nash and was later a part of the Paul Elder Tomoye Press. An eventful publication as well, for the commission was received before the Earthquake. The author writes in her preface: "Autumn Leaves was in the hands of the publisher (Bruce Brough) at the time of the Great Fire of April, 1906, and not a single page of the original manuscript was saved. I could ony recall a few titles, and a line or two here and there, not knowing though where they belonged. I began to rewrite on the 12th of June, 1908, and on the 12th of September, 1908, it was ready for publication." She writes at the end: "My 'Autumn Leaves' are gathered, And now they must be pressed. I hope they will give pleasure, And hearts by them be blessed." ; Cloth lightly worn at tips, slightly soiled. Pages clean and free of tears or writing. .
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Langer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2593
- Title
- Autumn Leaves
- Author
- Barton, Ardelia M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Press of Bruce Brough
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
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BERKELEY, California
About Andrew Langer, Bookseller
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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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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