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The Old House by the River. By the Author of The Owl Creek Letters
by PRIME, William Cowper]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1868. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, 318p., brown blind tamp decorated cloth, gilt spine title, puncture from title, top and bottom spine edges worm, scattered light foxing, fishing & hunting bookplate "Ex Libris, John Ostrom Enders", good to very good sound copy (Ang) ~ The second book by American author, William Cowper Prime (1825 1905) with sketches and reminiscences mostly of hunting and fishing in the eastern United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38340
- Title
- The Old House by the River. By the Author of The Owl Creek Letters
- Author
- PRIME, William Cowper]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1868
- Keywords
- FISHING HUNTING NINETEENTH CENTURY SPORT MONTAUK PRIME FIRST EDITION
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Since 1969 we've been selling rare books. We have published 292 catalogues of rare, scare and interesting books in a wide variety of subjects. Our specialites include.... Arctic, Canadian History and Travel, The Americas, Fishing and Angling, Ireland, General Antiquarian, and Military History. We issue 7-10 catalogues per year. Let us know if you'd like to join our mailing list.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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