Twilight Land
by PYLE, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cornish Flat, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1894. First edition. Twelvemo. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; v, 437, [1] pp.; illustrations. The scarce first edition of Twilight Land, a collection of fairy tales written and illustrated by Howard Pyle and the result of Pyle's "untrammelled imagination, an inexhaustible vocabulary, and a long-practised pencil." Illustrated with black & white illustrations profusely throughout. A Very Good copy with some rubbing to cloth; gilt to spine rubbed and dulled; corners bumped; owner's penciled name to front endpaper, bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown, else clean throughout. We find no other copies of this first edition in commerce (2015).
Synopsis
I found myself in Twilight Land. How I ever got there I cannot tell, but there I was in Twilight Land.
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Details
- Bookseller
- D. Anthem, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01809
- Title
- Twilight Land
- Author
- PYLE, Howard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
D. Anthem, Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
D. Anthem, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2014
Cornish Flat, New Hampshire
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
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- 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...
- First Edition
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