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The Golden Age (illustrated by Maxfield Parrish)
by Kenneth Grahame; Maxfield Parrish (illus)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1905. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American illustrated edition. Gray-green cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated endpapers by Parrish. 252 pp. Illustrated title page and five additional full page photogravure illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. A tight, clean, near fine copy, spien lettering somewhat rubbed and a bit of dark shading to the top 2" of the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WE24679
- Title
- The Golden Age (illustrated by Maxfield Parrish)
- Author
- Kenneth Grahame; Maxfield Parrish (illus)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- illustrators, illustrations, maxfield parrish,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Title Page
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