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A Child-World
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Not Issued
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, Indiana, U. S. A.: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition/First Issue. "Proem" Listed On Contents Page And No London Imprint On The Copyright Page. The Book Is Bound In Red Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering And Decoration On The Spine. Gilt Border On The Front With Gilt Titling. The Top Edges Gilt. Fourteen Publications Advertised At The Back. Minor Edge Wear.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046042
- Title
- A Child-World
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, Indiana, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1897
- Pages
- 209
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Poetry American
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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...
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