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A Lover's Diary
by Parker, Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Stone and Kimball. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1894. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth decorated in gilt with a gilt top edge. Small stains to the front board. The corners are bumped, and fraying to the top of the spine. The front hinge is cracked. Address label of artist Will H.[icok] Low to the free endpaper. Low provided the frontispiece illustration. Also the handwritten address label of Wilbur Needham, who's written a gift inscription, "And to Fred Krivonos/with admiration and friendship; and in the hope that either the book or the donor will go up in value, so that he may profit thereby! Wilbur Needham." A penciled notation to the rear endpaper, noting the first edition was in gray cloth, and limited to 450 copies. ; 147 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24752
- Title
- A Lover's Diary
- Author
- Parker, Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Stone and Kimball
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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