Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds popular & Three Birds | Ernest Seton-Thompson (1901)

DESCRIPTION

Format: Hardcover
ISBN (International Standard Book Number)/ EAN (European Article Number)/ UPC (Universal Product Code): N/A
Author(s): Ernest Seton-Thompson
Date of Publication: 1901
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Classification/ Genre: Fiction
Number of Pages: 361
Dust Jacket Cover: No
Binding: Yes
Art, Illustrations, Diagrams, Cartographical Representations (Maps), and/ or Photographs: Yes
Notable Attribution: First Edition¹, First Impression² - There is also a typographical error present in the listing of the roman numeral equivalent of the cardinal year '1901,' with the presence of 'MDCCCCI' on the lower extremities of the book's title page. It's unclear as to whether this was deliberate on the part of the publisher, or a misprint unique to its commercial release.

¹ IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN 1ST PRINTING AND 1ST EDITION CLASSIFICATIONS

Items meriting 1st printing designation are representative of that item's initial print run. As an example, when 10,000 copies have been produced and released to the general public and all have been purchased by consumers with the publishing agency responsible for the distribution of said material requesting the manufacture of 7,500 additional copies, what these numbers indicate is a 1st printing - the initial 10,000 copies in the production line - followed soon after by a second printing - the release of the same book in the aforementioned quantity of 7,500.

Editions differ from print assignation in the sense that significant changes have been made to the original, either cosmetically through the alteration of cover images and/ or trim size; or in terms of content as with the inclusion of previously unreleased information pertaining to a particular story or novel, etc.

It's also important to note that some publishers utilize letters or alphanumeric arrays (Examples: A-6.62[H], B-10.62[H], E, G-L), as opposed to the use of lone numerics or written declarations (Examples: First printing, 1, 4) as a means of differentiating earlier releases from that of their subsequently manufactured or produced counterparts.

The rarity of these items is subjective, as some collectors - especially those specializing in the sale of books emphasizing aesthetic appeal as a marketing point - place a higher degree of value on editions as opposed to print run specificity.

² The use of the term "impression" when referencing a particular book's order of production is synonymous with the concept of print specification, examples of which are as follows:

First Impression → 1st Printing
Second Impression → 2nd Printing
Third Impression → 3rd Printing

The principal difference between the two identifiers confined solely to the use of 'First Impression' in a literary work's determination of value, as the use of such terminology is indicative of the first print run of a First Edition. Written publications satisfying this criteria are oftentimes highly sought after by collectors and hobby enthusiasts.

ASSESSMENT OF CONDITION

Dust Jacket Cover: N/A

Binding: G. to VG. (Discoloration, edge wear, creasing, fraying)

Paged Content: FR. to G. (Deckled pagination, edge wear, discoloration, isolated instances of separation from the binding, foxing)

ABBREVIATIONS KEY

FS (Factory Sealed)
VF (Very Fine)
F (Fine)
NF (Near Fine)
VG (Very Good)
G (Good)
FR (Fair)
P (Poor)

GRADING TERMINOLOGY

Chipping - A descriptor emphasizing the absence of portions of a book's edges, specifically as it relates to the binding or dust jacket cover

Foxing - Brown popular spotting of paged content due to chemical exposure or reactivity to chemical agents, a state of condition commonplace to 19th Century written publications, particularly evident in steel engravings

Deckled Pagination - Deckled pagination is identified as content ascribed to a particular book or novel whose edges are not evenly distributed, giving it the appearance of being loose from its fulcral attachment (spine). Some publishing companies utilize this as a means of establishing a sense of illusion with regard to the chronological age of a product (so as to create the impression of a faux-type of significance in the nostalgic sense), but, in most instances, deckled pages are a by-product of time.

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