The Gates of Eden
by Annie S. Swan
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
cremona, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinbourgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier Hardcover. New Edition. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2. 317 pp. + listing of books by Annie S. Swan. Painting of author on Frontispiece with tissue covering. Lovely line drawings in rectangle at the top of every chapt er page. Brown cloth on boards cover with copper/gold lettering and flowers enclosed vertical rectangle - quite lovely. Cover has bumps and rubs to corners and top and bottom of spine. Quite clean. F ormer owner's names on inside cover and on half title page. Inside cover has hinging where the endpapers have peeled back at spine and the buckram is showing. Text has some finger smudges, evidence of hinging at page 113, but is intact and very readable. Overall cond: poor-fair.. "A" Edition. Hardcover. Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003765
- Title
- The Gates of Eden
- Author
- Annie S. Swan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- "A" Edition
- Publisher
- Edinbourgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier
- Keywords
- NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novel;
Terms of Sale
Ghost River Books
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About the Seller
Ghost River Books
Biblio member since 2004
cremona, Alberta
About Ghost River Books
Seller of rare and used books.
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- New
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- Spine
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- Half Title
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- Fair
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- Buckram
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- Cloth
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- Bumps
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