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The Young Visiters [Sic], or, Mr. Salteena's Plan
by Ashford, Daisy, with a preface by J. M. Barrie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1919. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 85 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 20 cm. Frontispiece. 12mo. Hardcover. Quarter cloth over marbled boards, paper spine label. Book Condition: Offsetting to title page from tissue guard, chip to the spine label with loss of last 4 letters in author's surname, gentle wear to extremities. Previous owners bookplate to ffep. The marbled boards are fresh and unmarred, as is the text-block. Front panel of dust jacket (in fine condition) laid-in. Limited to 1500 copies for the first printing. A publishing phenomena of its day, this book generated a literary buzz in London, primarily due to the young age of its author and the enthusiastic support of J. M. Barrie.
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- Bookseller
- DuBois Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003032
- Title
- The Young Visiters [Sic], or, Mr. Salteena's Plan
- Author
- Ashford, Daisy, with a preface by J. M. Barrie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
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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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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