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The Short Sword
by IRWIN, V. M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Erick Berry. 8vo. Pp. [3], 249. Frontis. illustration. Introduction by Sum Nung Au-Young, Peking. Decorated endpapers. Bound in red cloth with elaborate black lettering and vignette stamped on front board and spine. In the color illustrated dust jacket, $1.75 price intact. A Chinese story for boys, endorsed by Sum Nung Au-Young as accurately portraying life among the upper-class Chinese, "already converted to the dress and to the social usages of other countries," in Shanghai. The restrained dust jacket design by Erick Berry, in black, red and yellow, presents a striking illustration. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5678
- Title
- The Short Sword
- Author
- IRWIN, V. M
- Illustrator
- Erick Berry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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