Pomona's Travels
by Stockton, Frank R., Illustrated by A.B. Frost
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Original Cloth. No Jacket. First edition, first state of illustrations [bound with integral page numbers], and first state light green cloth binding. Illustrated with drawings by A.B. Frost. One signature sprung and held only by binding cord, an unfortuante but common occurrence with this title. Small blemish on backstrip and very slight fraying to top of spine. Cover stamped in black and gold, crisp and bright. T.e.g. Overall a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001693
- Title
- Pomona's Travels
- Author
- Stockton, Frank R., Illustrated by A.B. Frost
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- A.B. FROST 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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