LOVE SONGS
by Coonley, Lydia Avery
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Wind-Tryst Press, 1898.. 1898.. Very good. A SCARCE SMALL PRESS BOOK INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - 12mo, 5-1/2 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide. Marbled paper covered boards backed with an indigo blue cloth spine, titled in gilt on the front cover. The covers are bumped and slightly soiled. 59 deckle-edged pages plus the colophon. There are a couple of spots of minor foxing to the first 5 leaves. Very good. <p>Limited edition of 550 copies of this scarce Small Press book.<p>Inscribed, signed and dated by the author Lydia Avery Coonley Ward in pencil on the front endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5566
- Title
- LOVE SONGS
- Author
- Coonley, Lydia Avery
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chicago: The Wind-Tryst Press, 1898.
- Date Published
- 1898.
- Keywords
- FINE PRESS; LIMITED EDITION; NINETEENTH-CENTURY; LITERATURE; POETRY; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; INSCRIPTION; LYDIA AVERY COONLEY WARD; WIND-TRYST PRESS; SMALL PRESS; SCARCE; FIRST; 1ST EDITION; CHICAGO IMPRINT; 19TH CENTURY.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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