While the Heart Beats Young
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1906, 1st edition. (hardcover) 110pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Sage green cloth; large colour paste-down plate to front and gilt title to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Colour plates by Ethel Franklin Betts, as well as many duo-tone illustrations. The table of contents is mis-numbered. Spine is notably weak, and the pages, as is oft the case, are loose. Remains complete and beautiful..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125831
- Title
- While the Heart Beats Young
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Antiquarian Children's Books, Children's Books, Children's Literature, Children's Poetry
Terms of Sale
Spafford Books
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
Biblio member since 2009
Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
50 + years buying and selling. Large stock dealing with western Canada, fur trade, Indigenous Peoples, general antiquarian. Open by appointment or chance! Call 1-306-525-4910.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....