The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister; With an Introduction by Struthers Burt and Illustrations by William Moyers
by Wister, Owen
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by the Plantin Press, Los Angeles. xix, [5], 437, [1] p.: color illustrations; 26 cm. Off-white cloth with gilt-stamped spine title on faux-leather spine label and gilt-stamped illustration on faux-leather paste-down on front cover. Top page edges brown. Title vignette. Slipcase covered in brown paper with printed spine label. This is number 631 of a limited edition of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, William Moyers, a member of the Cowboy Artists of America. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. Book is in Very Good- Condition: 1-cm. closed tear from head of spine; spine is sunned and discolored; otherwise, clean and bright. Slipcase is in Near Fine- Condition: minor dings at one lower corner of spine; back section rubbed; otherwise, clean, bright, and intact.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006416
- Title
- The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister; With an Introduction by Struthers Burt and Illustrations by William Moyers
- Author
- Wister, Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Fine Binding & Printing;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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 Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...