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The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
by Richardson, Henry Handel (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt, 1917. Richardson's loosely autobiographical novel of a physician's long decline into mental illness and the effect on his family, a classic of Australian literature. First U.S. edition, without the sub-title "Australia Felix" found in the British edition. Blue boards bumped and rubbed with light wear at the edges, spine darkened with gilt print still bright. Several short white scuffs to the lower fore edge of the front board. Light foxing to the edges of the text block, rear hinge cracked but still solid. Bookstore sticker and bookplate on the front pastedown. Stamped on the "Part I" page is " Home Library, Dr. Wm. J. Mayo." Mayo was one of the brothers who founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200509
- Title
- The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
- Author
- Richardson, Henry Handel (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fore Edge
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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