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A Kentucky Cardinal: a Story
by Allen, James Lane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good. [6], 147, [5] p.: frontispiece, 2 leaves of plates, 1 in-text illustration; 16 cm. Contemporary polished calf spine extending one third of the way across the boards; green silk over the rest of the boards with a cardinal stamped in red and black on the front board. Black morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title. Top page edges gilt. Green and gilt floral endpapers. Publisher's catalog on four pages following text. Inscription on blank leaf following front free endpaper: S. Elizabeth Weidman, Xmas '97. Although dated 1894, this was apparently issued in 1896, as the list of the author's works following the text includes the sequel to this, Aftermath, published in 1896. This is the classic work by James Lane Allen (1849-1925), featuring a romance set in his native Kentucky before the Civil War. In Very Good Condition: edges and corners are rubbed; silk is slightly rubbed; fixed front endpaper has small scrape near top edge; pages and plates are clean and tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001917
- Title
- A Kentucky Cardinal: a Story
- Author
- Allen, James Lane
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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