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BY THE CHRISTMAS FIRE
by CROTHERS, Samuel McChord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. First Edition, second printing. 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt; 226 pages. Very Good (little wear covers with gilt still bright, little sunning spine & small stain to lower edge of spine & rear cover; contents clean & tight but small browned spot frontispiece & title page, small 1918 Christmas presentation on front endpaper).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56361
- Title
- BY THE CHRISTMAS FIRE
- Author
- CROTHERS, Samuel McChord
- Format/Binding
- 4to., red cloth stamped in gilt; 226 pages
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, second printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1908
Terms of Sale
Antic Hay Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Antic Hay Books
Biblio member since 2007
Asbury Park, New Jersey
About Antic Hay Books
On-line dealer of rare & out-of-print books, specializing in autographs, signed copies & association copies.
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- 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...
- New
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- First Edition
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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