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THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
by BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light Edge Wear and Soiling/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. Spine sunned to gray. Lettered and bordered in orange. A reading copy with some cover wear and soiling. Text is quite clean. 359pp.. First Edition. Black Cloth. Light Edge Wear and Soiling/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014592
- Title
- THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
- Author
- BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light Edge Wear and Soiling
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Literature, Theater
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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