The Gift Horse
by Frank Gruber
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition indicated by the publisher's device at the bottom of the copyright page. Small 8vo in light brown cloth, titles in black. Very slight spine lean, offsetting to prelims and pastedowns, corners and spine ends rubbed, moderate shelf wear. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, virtually no rubbng at the corners and spine ends, clear tape at the top of the rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 279599
- Title
- The Gift Horse
- Author
- Frank Gruber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dunaway Books
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...