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The Trimmed Lamp: The Complete Writings of O. Henry, Volume III
by Henry, O
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
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About This Item
NY: Doubleday Page & Co. . VG. 1917. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Limited Memorial edition. This copy is #388 of 1075 copies. Bound in c ream vellum and blue paper covered boards, top edges gilt. Illustrated with four black & white plates by Gordon Grant. A Very Good copy in a Very Good cloth dust jacket. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. Rub bing along the head of the spine. The vellum is tanned. Some soiling t o the spine and covers. Offset tanning to the endpapers from the dust jacket's inner flaps. The cloth dust jacket is rubbed along the edges, corners, and spine tips. Dusting to the spine and panels. .
Synopsis
They will tell you in Anchuria, that President Miraflores, of that volatile republic, died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio; that he had reached thus far in flight from the inconveniences of an imminent revolution; and that one hundred thousand dollars, government funds, which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration, was never afterward recovered.
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- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63964
- Title
- The Trimmed Lamp: The Complete Writings of O. Henry, Volume III
- Author
- Henry, O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1917
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Flap(s)
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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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