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FARMINGTON
by Darrow, Clarence (warmly inscribed by author)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Small octavo (7 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches) x, 277 pages. Original green cloth binding, with embossed pastoral vignette (a rural scene accented in several colors) on upper cover over title and author's name in gilt; title, author, and publisher in gilt on spine; top edge gilt, deckled fore-edge and bottom edge.
On the title page there is another bucolic vignette (a streamside scene), printed in black and white in the upper margin over the title which is printed in red; very good condition (insignificant normal shelf wear at top and bottom of spine, not affecting contents or signature of author).
The author's autobiographical novel: "Our impression is that Mr. Darrow has shown real art in the handling of one of the most difficult forms of literature. – The New York Times Saturday Review."
Inscribed in ink by Darrow on front fly leaf: "To My friends Mr. & Mrs. John Francis With the regards of Clarence Darrow June 16, 1916."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1108
- Title
- FARMINGTON
- Author
- Darrow, Clarence (warmly inscribed by author)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition (published the same year as the First)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.C.McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Clarence Darrow
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Old and Rare; Literature; Association Copy; signed by author; Decorative Publisher's Binding; Legal; Autobiography; Ohio; Antiquarian; Memoir; Clarence Darrow;
Terms of Sale
Caravan Book Store
Prices are net. All items subject to prior sale. Postage in most cases will be under $8 but can vary by weight and distance. California sales tax is 9.50%. Returns accepted with prior notice within 5 days of receipt at original purchase price, provided item is in same condition as received. Payment by credit card, PayPal (caravanbookstore@yahoo.com), or check drawn on U.S. funds.
About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
Biblio member since 2019
Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
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...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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
- 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"...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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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