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THE BEAN & THE SCENE, Drawings of Boston and Cambridge (signed)
by Westman, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Barre: Barre Publishers, 1969. Book. Illus. by The Author. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. Oblong octavo. A collection of watercolors that "captures the full range of Boston's diverse past and present: from elegant Beacon Hill to lively Hanover Street, from the Old North Church to Harvard Square." Inscription reads, "All good, happy wishes to you!/Barbara Westman/Boston/1969". Yellow cloth w/red lettering to spine, red lettering/decoration to front cover, 36 pages (34 numbered). Indentation to top edges of both covers, gift inscription to previous owner, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a bit of chipping to corners/spine ends, short edge tears (1" and shorter), small puncture above gutter at left of front panel..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018993
- Title
- THE BEAN & THE SCENE, Drawings of Boston and Cambridge (signed)
- Author
- Westman, Barbara
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Barre Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Barre
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Oblong octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts cities
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed (all categories);
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Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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