The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J. M. Barrie
by ASHFORD (Daisy):
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, [1919.]. Seventh Impression. Small 8vo, pp. 86 [87 printer's imprint, 88 blank], portrait of author as frontispiece, facsimile of first page of ms. opposite page 19, contemporary (?original) marbled boards, linen spine, paper label (chipped); title-page browned from tissue guard, corners worn, a little shaken in casing. With the autograph "Rowena Ross" on the lower margin of the recto of the front free end-paper. Readers of a certain age will never get beyond the first line: "Mr Salteena was an elderly man of 42...." Of course, the author was nine when she wrote the work.
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- Bookseller
- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6208
- Title
- The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J. M. Barrie
- Author
- ASHFORD (Daisy):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chatto & Windus, [1919.]
- Keywords
- fiction children literature women
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction;
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.