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Captain Caution; A Chronicle of Arundel
by Roberts, Kenneth
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near fine/good. Signed first edition of Captain Caution by Kenneth Roberts.. Octavo, 310pp, [2], [4pp ads]. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt design and blind stamped details on front board. Copyright date matches date on title page. Solid text block, detailed imagery on endpapers, a few minor marks on boards, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, a few stains on front panel, some chipping along edges, heavy wear on front flap, a good example. Signed by Kenneth Roberts with inscription stated "With all good wishes" on title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12152
- Title
- Captain Caution; A Chronicle of Arundel
- Author
- Roberts, Kenneth
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Captain Caution by Kenneth Roberts.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- kenneth roberts, kenneth roberts first edition, kenneth roberts signed, march to quebec signed, kenneth roberts arundel, early america, kenneth roberts benedict arnold, historical fiction, saturday evening post, pulitzer prize winner
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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