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Across the River and Into the Trees
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Early Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), lightly rubbed at the edges, a few small closed tears, toned and soiled at the back panel and flaps. Black cloth with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the top edge, clean internally. Another Hemingway love story set in wartime Italy, this time with an aging war vet reflecting on his experiences during the first World War.
Synopsis
Across the River and Into the Trees is a novel by Ernest Hemingway. The title is derived from the last words of Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8633
- Title
- Across the River and Into the Trees
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- American Literature, Modern Literature, Nobel Prize, WWI, Italy
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
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