THE COMMON READER
by Woolf, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 332 pages; VG-/G+; spine brown, with dark brown lettering and green design; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling to jacket; mild shelf wear and soiling to volume; marked age-toning to jacket overall; large chip missing at upper right corner of jacket front; small chips missing at upper edge of jacket front; two-inch closed tear repaired at inside of jacket with tape at upper edge of jacket front; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; significant age-toning to spine; two water stains and two small dark stains to jacket back; small chip missing at upper left corner of jacket back; price cut; previous owner's inscription at front free endpaper; pages 327-332 uncut; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 2. 1346347. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
Woolf’s first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selections, including such important statements as “Modern Fiction” and “The Modern Essay.” Edited and with an Introduction by Andrew McNeillie; Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1346347
- Title
- THE COMMON READER
- Author
- Woolf, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...