Optimism; An Essay
by Keller, Helen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: T. Y. Crowell , 1903. Fine in green cloth with gilt and red lettering and decorations, top edge gilt. The bookplate of Edna Johnson, longtime assistant professor of English at Indiana University, which features a lady reading. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, 75, [1] pages, frontispiece (portrait). A lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008756
- Title
- Optimism; An Essay
- Author
- Keller, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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