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A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT; BEING A TALE CONCERNING ONE OF LIFE'S LESSER HARDSHIPS-COMMONLY CALLED TROUBLE

A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT; BEING A TALE CONCERNING ONE OF LIFE'S LESSER HARDSHIPS-COMMONLY CALLED TROUBLE

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A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT; BEING A TALE CONCERNING ONE OF LIFE'S LESSER HARDSHIPS-COMMONLY CALLED TROUBLE

by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
Light edge and Corner Wear/No Jacket
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About This Item

East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1902. Marbled boards and endpapers. Small armorial book-plate front pastedown. Spine extremities a bit frayed but intact. Small chip missing from top of front cover marbled paper. Front cover professionally reattached, hinge strengthened. Hand-colored border on title-page and chapter heads. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. This special edition was printed on Japan Vellum and illuminated by hand. This is copy #23/100. SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER ELBERT HUBBARD AND THE COLORIST JOSEPHINE DWYER with the printing mark of Roycrofters hand-drawn . Crisp and clean internally... Signed by Publisher. Limited Roycrofter Edition. 3/4 Mottled Black Levant. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

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Bookseller
Glenn Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
014173
Title
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT; BEING A TALE CONCERNING ONE OF LIFE'S LESSER HARDSHIPS-COMMONLY CALLED TROUBLE
Author
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Light edge and Corner Wear
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Limited Roycrofter Edition
Publisher
Roycrofters
Place of Publication
East Aurora, New York
Date Published
1902
Size
Thin Octavo
Keywords
Roycrofters, Elbert Hubbard, Autograph

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We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.

Glossary

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Hinge
The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Vellum
Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
Marbled Paper
Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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....
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Crisp
A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Marbled boards
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