The Encore [With Signed Calling Card Laid In]
by Deland, Margaret; Stephens, Alice Barber (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 78 pp, in original pictorial cloth, with illustrated page borders throughout, top edge gilt. A very good copy with light rubbing to boards, mild spine slant, small bump to lower edge of front board, small contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Laid in is a calling card (c. 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.) with "Mrs. Lorin F. Deland, 35 Newbury Street" printed on the front, hand-signed on the back "Margaret Deland, Feb. 21st 1909 - Boston.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23162
- Title
- The Encore [With Signed Calling Card Laid In]
- Author
- Deland, Margaret; Stephens, Alice Barber (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
All books returnable for any reason within 21 days of receipt, provided they are in the original condition. Shipping costs fully refunded if an item is misdescribed or defective. Refund of purchase price only for returns for other reasons.
About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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....