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The Last Dragon - First Printing
by Totheroh, Dan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
George H. Doran Company, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Eleanor Osborn Eadie. Hardcover/ no DJ; VG+ to Near Fine condition. Appears to be First Edition & first printing, c. 1927, ""A"" on copyright page. 186 pages, color frontis, color & b/w text illus. by Eleanor Osborn Eadie. Bright yellow cloth binding is tight w/ little wear- just a trace of soil & rubbing, v. light tilt to spine. NO bumps, rubs, frays or spine discolor. All red lettering & decoration bright & intact. Bit of discolor inside front cover, where glue from an old bookplate has dried (bookplate no longer present). Pictorial endpapers & text are tight, bright & clean; 3 ink numbers circled in bottom corner of back cover- minor. NO hinge splits, NOT ex library. Handsome copy- displays very well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 328
- Title
- The Last Dragon - First Printing
- Author
- Totheroh, Dan
- Illustrator
- Eleanor Osborn Eadie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Date Published
- 1927
Terms of Sale
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EDM Book Loft
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Media, Pennsylvania
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- Bumps
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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