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Little Rivers. A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness.
by Van Dyke, Henry
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Miller Place, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Dark green cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Frontispiece etching by G. Mercier.. Cameo Edition, small cameo affixed to front cover. 278 pages, index. Top edge gilt. Last few leaves unopened. Some wear and soiling to covers, ends chipped and corners frayed. Front hinge loosening. Early pages spotted.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monkey House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3135
- Title
- Little Rivers. A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness.
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece etching by G. Mercier.
- Format/Binding
- Dark green cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Frank McDonald
Terms of Sale
Monkey House Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Monkey House Books
Biblio member since 2010
Miller Place, New York
About Monkey House Books
Monkey House Books is a mail order, used book dealer located on New York's Long Island. We offer quality used books in a variety of categories at reasonable prices. A home-based business managed by a lifelong bibliophile, Monkey House offers personalized assistance and friendly customer service. For the holidays, or anytime, we provide gift wrapping and recipient shipping upon request. We ship within 24 hours of receiving payment, and packages are wrapped and boxed using recycled/reused materials.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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