The Dark Dawn
by Ostenso, Martha
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in pale gray cloth with titles and decorations in black and red . Corresponding 1926 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Illustrated endpapers by Washington Broadhead. The author was born in Norway and later lived in Canada; her themes were rural life in Canada and Minnesota. This copy has just a touch of edgewear. The cloth is not soiled, split or frayed. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the half-title, otherwise unmarked. Hinges solid. A clean, tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Friendly Used Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123627
- Title
- The Dark Dawn
- Author
- Ostenso, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (NAP)
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- CANADA NORWAY MINNESOTA FICTION NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN RURAL FARM GIMMESTAD
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction; Norway and Scandinavia;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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Books may be returned for refunds within 10 days if book is not as described.
About the Seller
Friendly Used Books
Biblio member since 2005
Omaha,, Nebraska
About Friendly Used Books
We have been selling books for over 40 years. For many years we had a B&M shop. We now exclusively sell online. We are conservative graders.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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