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The Story of Ab. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
by Waterloo, Stanley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897. This prehistoric-set novel has an interesting association with Jack London. Waterloo claimed that London had plaiarized "Ab" when writing his "Before Adam," published 10 years later. London eventually admitted to some influence. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the Third Edition, printed August 1897. 351 pages. Black cloth binding with a striking Edwardian cover design by Will Bradley (1868-1962) - gold and red lettering and a sabre-tooth tiger. Top edge is gilt, others deckle. There are black and white illustrations by Simon Vedder. Clean, fresh text with ocasional minor foxing. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the FFEP and some flowers are pressed between pages 98 and 99. No dustjacket. A totally beautiful and charming book. In an archival plastic protector.. Third Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Simon Vedder. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001000
- Title
- The Story of Ab. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
- Author
- Waterloo, Stanley
- Illustrator
- Simon Vedder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition.
- Publisher
- Way & Williams
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...