D'ri and I: A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Second War with the British, Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A.
by Bacheller, Iriving
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1901. Period full red morocco leather with raised bands and compartmented. Gilt lettering on spine. Edges of boards have gilt rulling with inside toolwork and gilt design on inside of board. Marbled endsheets. A lovely unsigned binding. Spine is a bit darkener than the rest of the leather as is common with a small chip to the bottom corner of spine. Signed and dedicated gift inscription on front free endpage. "To my friend/Mr. F.S. Witherbee/with best wishes from/D'ri and Me/Iriving Bacheller/Jan. 1, 1901." frontispiece plate of Irving Bacheller. . Signed by Author. Later Edition. Full Morocco Leather. Very Good. Illus. by F. C. Yohn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013178
- Title
- D'ri and I: A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Second War with the British, Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A.
- Author
- Bacheller, Iriving
- Illustrator
- F. C. Yohn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Lothrop Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
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