His Monkey Wife; or, Married to a Chimp
by John Collier
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Peter Davies, 1930. Very Good. London: Peter Davies, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; [iv], 274pp. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with some general darkening, smudging, and spots of soiling to cloth. Spine a bit cocked. Endpapers toned, else pages clean and unmarked. Opens easily to center and between a few gatherings, but binding is holding soundly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9979
- Title
- His Monkey Wife; or, Married to a Chimp
- Author
- John Collier
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Peter Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...