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HOUSE OF EARTH
by Buck, Pearl S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
A John Day Book, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. ; Half beige cloth cover over tan boards has wear to corners with a couple of small soil spots and sunned spine but overall in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's antiquated bookplate affixed to front end sheet. Pages are toned but clean and in very good condition. ; 8.4 X 5.9 X 2.1 inches; 1138 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5410
- Title
- HOUSE OF EARTH
- Author
- Buck, Pearl S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- A John Day Book, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Sage Rare & Collectible Books specializes in out-of-print, scarce, and rare books as well as signed and First Editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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