The Passing Age (Signed)
by Staples, Arthur G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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LA QUINTA, California, United States
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About This Item
Augusta, Maine: Katahdin Publishing Company, 1924. First American Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First Printing 1924. A very good copy in decorative cloth--dark blue cloth with gilt and green decorations and lettering to front board and spine. From the recently auctioned collection of M. B. Goldstone--a collection of essays about Maine from the Editor In Chief of the Lewiston Journal Press and with affiliation to the Boston Herald at the time of publication. A dedication copy with the inscription, "With the best wishes and the kind regards, Arthur G. Staples, Inscribed 4th May 1924, Lewiston, Maine"--a beautiful book with only natural age toning and edgewear--lettering to spine lightly faded--uncut page edges and handmade paper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic First Editions (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- cfe12750
- Title
- The Passing Age (Signed)
- Author
- Staples, Arthur G
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Katahdin Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Augusta, Maine
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- ESSAYS MAINE LEWISTON
- Bookseller catalogs
- M.B. Goldstone Collection;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Dedication Copy
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- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...