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My Best Book by Q

My Best Book by Q

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My Best Book by Q

by Quiller-Couch, Arther

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
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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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Bookseller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques US (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

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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

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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...
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...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
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...
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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