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A House-Boat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades
by John Kendrick Bangs
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, pale green cloth boards fully decorated on front, gilt text on spine. Exterior shows edge and corner bumps/wear and rear board has a stain in the upper left corner. Spine is also sunned. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues at boards. Pages are toned due to age and there is some scattered foxing and spotting present. The front end page contains a 1903 gift inscription, no other handwriting found, no bookplates, no library markings. Page 52 as the upper outside corner torn out - this issue as well outside of the text area. All 23 illustrations have been verified as being present. The illustration at page 124 protrudes slightly from the exterior page edge which may be an indication that it was reattached at some point. First edition thus with a single date of 1895 appearing on the copyright page and no date listed on the title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2230034
- Title
- A House-Boat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades
- Author
- John Kendrick Bangs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Pages
- 171
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; 19th Century; Humor;
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Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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All of the book pictures were taken at the time the book was listed and we never use generic or stock photos in any listing. If you would like additional photos or information on any listing please let us know and we will be more than happy to comply.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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