Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus [with] Mr. Stubbs's Brother; A Sequel to "Toby Tyler" [with] The Wreck of the Circus.
by OTIS, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881 & 1883. First edition. Small octavo. 265, [1], 6 [publisher's ads] pp. With 21 illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with pcitorial cover and spine design and lettering in black, gold and red, floral endpapers. Some rubbing and wear to extremities and board edges a bit browned. Discreet 1883 presentation on front endpaper. Together with a second edition of "Mr. Stubbs's Brother (original cloth) and a first edition of The Wreck of the Circus. Clean and handsome copies.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71760
- Title
- Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus [with] Mr. Stubbs's Brother; A Sequel to "Toby Tyler" [with] The Wreck of the Circus.
- Author
- OTIS, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881 & 1883
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....