formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience

Over the Black Coffee by Arthur Gray.

Over the Black Coffee by Arthur Gray. The Baker and Taylor Company. (1902). "Published September, 1902" stated with no listing of later printings. 5" x 6 1/2" vii, 109 pages Hardcover with no dust jacket. Ex-library but without the special library binding. Illustrated front cover with bright gilt lettering. Gilt lettering on the spine is faded but still legible. Library call numbers on the spine in white ink. Wear is heavy to the top and bottom of the spine. Also a bit heavy on the bottom cover tips. Cover edge wear is moderate otherwise. Library label inside the front cover. Remnants of checkout label remains on the first blank page. Venezuela. Library stamp embossed on the half title and full title pages. Library check-out envelope remains inside the back cover. The author's last name in the title page is underlined in pencil.  I see no other previous owner markings, but I could have missed.
No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. sLA03a