New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1896. Possible reprint. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt and silver color text with red embellishments on the spine and with the same with added decorations on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with touches of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's name in ink on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 301 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 14 plates from work by H. C. Edwards. The artist of the cover art is not identified, but it is reminiscent of the art nouveau style.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB32274
Title: The Heart Of Princess Osra
Author: Hope, Anthony
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Possible reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: c1896

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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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....
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.