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Emily's Quest
by Montgomery, L. M
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., c1935. Undetermined. near fine. reprint edition. 310pp. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket over publisher's red cloth with titles in black to spine and front board. Unclipped jacket with some chipping and closed tears to extremities. Front panel and spine age-toned with previous owner's signature to top for front panel. Edges of text block age-toned with previous owner's signature to top edge. A couple spots of foxing, else clean internally. near fine Reprinted edition of Montgomery's third novel in the "Emily" series. Later dust jacket, with mention of Montgomery's Order of the British Empire, awarded by King George V in 1935. Russell does not seem to have noted this reprint edition, perhaps due to the rarity of the dust wrappers. See also our copy of Rilla of Ingleside. 1935
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132634
- Title
- Emily's Quest
- Author
- Montgomery, L. M
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- c1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Canadian Fiction|Anne of Green Gables|Canadian Author|Emily of New Moon|L.M. Montgomery
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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