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Fresh-Water Bass
by Bergman, Ray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp., (1942). First Edition. Limited Edition Near fine in 3/4 morocco leather and blue cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt tool work between all of the compartments. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The end sheets are printed and the extra suite of 10 color plates is laid-in at the front of the book. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 1/4 inches with the leather at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and worn and touches of foxing to the recto of the frotispiece. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a very good, paper covered slip case with three of the joints beginning to fail. One of only 149 copies signed by the author with this copy being out of series. 436 pages of text and illustrated with a full color frontispiece and 10 color plates all by Fred Hildebrandt. A very clean, neat and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind and with the extra suite of plates in their original envelope laid-in. (Bruns, p.132; Thacher, p. 49)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB31484
- Title
- Fresh-Water Bass
- Author
- Bergman, Ray
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wm. Penn Publishing Corp.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1942)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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