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THE SILVER HORN and Other Sporting Tales of John Weatherford (reprint)
by Grand, Gordon 03f
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- FINE book. 5 raised ribs. Six gilt edge ruled spine panels.
- Seller
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Windward House. FINE book. 5 raised ribs. Six gilt edge ruled spine panels.. (1937). REPRINT. Hardcover. FINE book. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. TEG. Binder signed @ very top of first blank's verso. 8vo, 229pp. . Originally published by Derrydale in 1932. Gilt lettered title & author on 2nd & 4th spine panels. Blind stamped horn on 2nd blank panel. Pristine text block. Very tight binding. Book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. A few minute spots of rubbing on the raised ribs. Otherwise a flawless book, in & out. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001331
- Title
- THE SILVER HORN and Other Sporting Tales of John Weatherford (reprint)
- Author
- Grand, Gordon 03f
- Illustrator
- Boyer illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE book. 5 raised ribs. Six gilt edge ruled spine panels.
- Edition
- REPRINT
- Publisher
- Windward House
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- (1937)
- Keywords
- FINE book. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. TEG. Binder, signed @ very top of first blank's verso. 8vo, 229pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- hunting;
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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