THE DECORATION OF HOUSES
by Wharton, Edith, and Ogden Codman, Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 1897.. Large octavo. Marbled boards, paper spine label. Plates. Boards rubbed and spine extremities worn, chip and tanning to label, corners shelfworn, repair to crack at toe of upper joint, internally a very good copy. Pencil name and small private book label, along with a Boston bookseller's ticket likely dating from publication. As usual, lacking the printed dust jacket. First edition of Wharton's second book, albeit a collaborative production. According to SCRIBNER FIRSTS (item 343), the first printing consisted of 2000 copies, of which 400 were sent in sheets to the UK for the British issue. A very slightly above average copy of a book usually found in decrepit state. GARRISON A2.1.a.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT86311
- Title
- THE DECORATION OF HOUSES
- Author
- Wharton, Edith, and Ogden Codman, Jr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897.
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...