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Out to Old Aunt Mary's
by Riley, James Whitcomb & Howard Chandler Christy & Margaret Armstrong
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+. 1904. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Pebbled olive boards with somewhat dulled gilt titles and white decoration to spine, bright gilt titles and white decoration to front cover, light rubbing to corners. Frontispiece is a drawing of two boys, tissue guard is lightly creased, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy, decorations by Margaret Armstrong. This is the first printing, first state (Russo, pp 98-99) . A handsome copy. . Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. J4 .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30138
- Title
- Out to Old Aunt Mary's
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb & Howard Chandler Christy & Margaret Armstrong
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st Edition. 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis. Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Poetry, Hoosier Poet, First State
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; History, US / Indiana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sweet Beagle Books
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Bloomington, Indiana
About Sweet Beagle Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- 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.
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