THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.
by TWAIN MARK
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor Wear./No Jacket
- Seller
-
Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. Front cover lettered in gilt with vignette in black. Corners and spine extremities show only minimal wear. Cover and spine are crisp and bright. Book-plate front free endpaper. Several small areas of black spotting on top edge and top of fore-edge. Eight pp. advertisements at the conclusion. See BAL 3434.. First American Edition.. Green Cloth. Minor Wear./No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011712
- Title
- THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.
- Author
- TWAIN MARK
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor Wear.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition, American Literature
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Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...