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Steve's Woman
by Ellis, Mrs. Havelock
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
Item Price
SGD 61.52SGD 30.76
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About This Item
NY: John McBride. Good. 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the authors' 1st novel, bound in blue cloth color pas tedown pictorial plate on the front board and gold lettering. 4 color plates by Christopher Clark. Color pictorial endpapers, 259pp. A Good copy, spine is cocked, rubbing to the edges, some soiling to the cloth covers. Front hinge has tears. Content is still tight, unmarked. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77520
- Title
- Steve's Woman
- Author
- Ellis, Mrs. Havelock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John McBride
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1909
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
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