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Coniston
by Churchill, Winston
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Macmillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. 1st Edition. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering and borders on spine and covers, t.e.g. In its day, this was a very popular historical novel by American author Winston Churchill. It is the story of mid-19th Century New England politics and a man's quest for power. His Tammany-Hall like grip on power was in danger, and only one woman knoew the secret that could lead to his undoing. . Brief gift inscription (Dec. 25, 1906) on ffep, otherwise unmarked, spine and covers very lightly soiled, else fine; tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. xii, (i), 543, (2-adverts) pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28932
- Title
- Coniston
- Author
- Churchill, Winston
- Illustrator
- Florence Scovel Shinn
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. Fifth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- novels, Literature, WINSTON Churchill
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
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