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Wanted - A Chaperon
by Ford, Paul Leicester
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead, 1902. Book. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Dodd Mead, 1902. Stated First edition. Near Fine/no dust jacket . Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator. First Edition, published October, 1902. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram MA - Margaret Armstrong). Clean lavender-blue ribbed cloth boards with white and blue decoration and white lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Six full color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy with clean printed tissue guards. Every page has beautiful color decorated margins. A collectible quality first edition..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023127
- Title
- Wanted - A Chaperon
- Author
- Ford, Paul Leicester
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- FICTION, PAUL LEICESTER FORD, HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB, SIGNED MARGARET ARMSTRONG
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorated American Trade Binding;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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