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The Fraser
by Hutchison, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1950. First Edition. first Canadian printing Near fine in gray-brown cloth covered boards with a gilt on dark blue title block on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with a number of faint dampness stains around the edges of the boards and at the ends of the spine. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area, 1/4 inch chips from the corners of the lower edge of the same, small chips over the tips of the boards and the rear flap was separated from the rear panel, but has been repaired on its verso side with archival tape. Signed without an inscription and dated in the year of publication by the author on the first free end page. The 42nd volume in The Rivers of America Series with illustrations by Richard Bennett. 368 pages including an index and bibliography. Clark, Irwin & Company used the first edition Rinehart plates to create this first Canadian edition copy of this title and was published on the same date as the Rinehart first US edition. (Fitzgerald, F1)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32972
- Title
- The Fraser
- Author
- Hutchison, Bruce
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarke, Irwin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1950
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Jacket
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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