Comfort Found in Good Old Books
by George Hamlin Fitch
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£60.70£48.56
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1911. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Rust/peach cloth with gilt lettering and black designs to front and spine. Printed in June 1911, so stated. This copy is FINE in a NEAR FINE, SCARCE DJ. Exterior is rich. Gilt is clear and bright. Edges with minimal wear. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tightly bound with modest toning.Illustrated. Frontispiece of Shakespeare. 32 additional B&W plates/illustrations. Peach DJ matching design to book has modestly sunned spine, and minor chipping at spine ends, but still clean and attractive. Lovely..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002102
- Title
- Comfort Found in Good Old Books
- Author
- George Hamlin Fitch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Paul Elder
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Bailey Bonzo Books
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
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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