WHILE THE HEART BEATS YOUNG
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
mansfield, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Bobbs-Merrill. Indianapolis. 1906., 1906 Book size about 7 by 9 1/2 inches with some 110 pages. Bound in gray/green cloth with nearly full front cover color pictorial paste-on; gilt spine lettering. Double page illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). Color frontis, 15 full page color plates, numerous smaller tinted images throughout, all by ETHEL FRANKLIN BETTS. Book with about average wear; rear hinge cracked; previous owners inscriptions at front; cloth bookplate inside front cover; one color plate laid-in loose. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- the book scot
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11020
- Title
- WHILE THE HEART BEATS YOUNG
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill. Indianapolis. 1906.
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- ETHEL FRANKLIN BETTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
the book scot
All books are guaranteed to be as described and are returnable for any reason if not satisfied. Books will be shipped by Media Mail or Priority Mail at your choice.
About the Seller
the book scot
Biblio member since 2006
mansfield, Missouri
About the book scot
I am a general line dealer with a specialty in books about Scotland and by Scots.
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- Bookplate
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- Hinge
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- Plate
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Laid-in
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