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The Black Creek Stopping-house And Other Stories
by McClung, Nellie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: William Briggs. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. Front hinge started but strong. ; A bright, solid book. Dark green cloth covered boards with white and black design on front, gilt stamped titles front and spine, still bright. Same date title page and copyright page. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 224 pages; The first half of the book is devoted to the title story and the second half to seven short stories .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19920
- Title
- The Black Creek Stopping-house And Other Stories
- Author
- McClung, Nellie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- short stories, Pioneer women
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Canadian;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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