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To Have and to Hold
by Johnston, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good -
- Seller
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Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good -. Howard Pyle, E.B. Thompson, A.W. Betts, Emlen McConnell. Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. Missing/No DJ. Green colored boards with gilt lettering and red and green rose decoration. Soiling and age tanning to boards. Edges are lightly bumped. Corners rubbed from shelfwear. Head and tail of spine rubbed and slightly chipped. Faded gilt lettering on spine. Spine cocked. Soiling to top-edge and fore-edge of textblock. Cracked hinge at flyleaf and rear pastedown endpaper. Imprint and staining from a previously placed paperclip to front matter. Prev. owners’ inscriptions on ffep and title page. B&W Frontispiece slightly faded. Tissue guard present, partially separated from hinge but fully intact. Expected age-tanning and foxing to pages, but pages unmarked. Binding is intact, but book falls open and stays open at any page due to cracked hinge. Corners creased and some dog-eared pages. This is a lovely and well-loved novel, with b&w illustration plates throughout. This was the best-selling novel in the U.S. in 1900, the year this copy was published. First Editions
Synopsis
To Have and to Hold is a 1900 novel by American author, Mary Johnston. Published by Houghton Mifflin, according to the New York Times it was the bestselling novel in the United States that year. The book was twice adapted to the screen. The first silent film in 1916 was made by Jesse L. Lasky’s Famous Players company. It was directed by George Melford and starred Wallace Reid and Mae Murray. In 1922, Lasky did a remake, this time starring Bert Lytell and Betty Compson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Honest Dog Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A803981X03BRU
- Title
- To Have and to Hold
- Author
- Johnston, Mary
- Illustrator
- Howard Pyle, E.B. Thompson, A.W. Betts, Emlen McConnell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Pages
- 403
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Honest Dog Books
Biblio member since 2022
Bayfield, Wisconsin
About Honest Dog Books
Honest Dog Books is a family-run new and used general interest bookstore with a long history in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Owners Julie Buckles and Charly Ray are wilderness travelers with a team of sled dogs, two teenagers, and deep love for community, literature, and conversation.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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