New York, NY: Century, 1904. Book. Illus. by Edwards, Harry C.. Very Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York, NY, Century, 1904. Early reprint. 12mo. Green silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and lovely gilt Art-nouveau style title field featuring a woman with ewer in the reeds at river's edge, illustrated with front piece and 4 plates by Harry C. Edwards, rough cut pages, 179 pp. A charming southern romance. Rare! Spine slightly dog-eared at top, front bottom corner lightly bumped, endpapers and a few pages lightly foxed, number 20629 stamped on free rear endpaper, text block clean, bright and solid. Very good..

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Bookseller: Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: EM-B0451-02
Title: The River's Children: An Idyl of the Mississippi
Author: Stuart, Ruth McEnery
Illustrator: Edwards, Harry C.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: Early Reprint
Publisher: Century
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1904
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords: SOUTHERN ROMANCE DRAMA
Bookseller catalogs: Rare Literature and Fiction; Rare Americana;

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.