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My Best Book by Q
by Quiller-Couch, Arther
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Fowey, Cornwall: Fowey Cottage Hospital Bazaar, 1912. Limited First Edition. Quarter Decorated Morocco Slipcase and Chemise. Cloth Cover. . Very Good Plus. No. 7 of 300 limitation. 8vo. 19 by 12.5 cm. 31 pp. Three stories, the third, "The Czarina's Violet", making its first appearance here and later included in Quiller-Couch's popular work, "In Powder and Crinoline". Setting apart this copy is the lovely Art Nouveau styles, quarter morocco slipcase, with a gilt and red floral design onamenting the spine with its raised bands. Scattered surface abrasion spots on the leather. Soiling of part of the white cloth cover of the book proper. Leaves within are clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004514
- Title
- My Best Book by Q
- Author
- Quiller-Couch, Arther
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Decorated Morocco Slipcase and Chemise. Cloth Cover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fowey Cottage Hospital Bazaar
- Place of Publication
- Fowey, Cornwall
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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