The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
by PAGE, Thomas Nelson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Hardcover. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. 12mo. Green cloth with black, white and gilt decorations and lettering. viii, 169pp. Color title page graphic + 7 full-page color illustrations. Very good. Ownership signature on front flyleaf. Later printing, tight and attractive, of this 1897 text featuring superb Christy illustrations. Lovely front board decoration depicts in gilt a large well-leafed tree with heart-shaped roots, a rectangular white inset within the tree bearing black silhouette portraits of a Victorian lady and gentleman facing each other, the gilt title between them.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108
- Title
- The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock
- Author
- PAGE, Thomas Nelson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.