Fishin' Jimmy
by Slosson, Annie Trumbull
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Book. Illus. by Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Very nice decorated American trade binding, published 1898. Clean olive green paper-covered boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover, ivory cloth spine with gold decoration and lettering. Tiny spot of wear to one upper spine corner. Binding is tight, pages are clean with gilt top edges. Illustrated with lovely photogravures by Alice Barber Stephens with tissue guards (12 photogravures + five head and tail pieces). 66 pages. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper; beautiful old inscription on blank fly leaf - "Jan. 4, 1935 - For one who loves nature, I believe, as much and as well as did "Fishin' Jimmy. - Chuck.".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034500
- Title
- Fishin' Jimmy
- Author
- Slosson, Annie Trumbull
- Illustrator
- Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB, ALICE BARBER STEPHENS, ILLUSTRATOR, ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON, NATURE, FISHING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fish/Fishing; Decorated American Trade Binding; DATB;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....