The Motor Boys Across the Plains or The Hermit of Lost Lake
by YOUNG, Clarence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cupples & Leon Co, 1907. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with ivory lettering and black, red and ivory pictorial stamping. vi, 248pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates. Very good. Light edge- and corner wear and bit of rubbing. Tight, attractive first edition of the fourth title in "The Motor Boys" first series. Lists first four titles only on copyright page and in ad at rear. The first "Motor Boys" series published 16 titles between 1906-15, the second series six titles between 1916-24.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42119
- Title
- The Motor Boys Across the Plains or The Hermit of Lost Lake
- Author
- YOUNG, Clarence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cupples & Leon Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Children's;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...