The Gates Ajar
by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair+
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair+. Maroon boards blindstamped, with gilt titling on spine. Some rubbing from shelf and handling wear appropriate for age. Front binding is cracked. A best-selling spiritual novel, inspired by the deaths of her mother, step-mother, and fiance who died at Antietam during the Civil War.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Denali Bay LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000266
- Title
- The Gates Ajar
- Author
- Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood, & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1868
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Denali Bay LLC
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Silver Spring, Maryland
About Denali Bay LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...